Are htm files stronger than aspx files?
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Hello All,
I once read that htm files are considered stronger (SEO wise) than aspx files and I wondered if that is correct.
Obviously, I mean the static part of aspx files for example making my about us page in htm and not aspx. Among the advantages of aspx is the usage of a master page (a template) for the design etc.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
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File extensions doesn't make any difference. I think you must have read about static page vs dynamic pages.
Generally aspx or php is used for developing a dynamic websites (database driven websites). But, even if you're developing any such website you can deal with by URL re-writing. You can ask you developer/programmer to re-write the URL into SEO friendly static urls, i.e. without query (?) string in URL.
Hope it should answer your query properly
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One Word: No
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I agree with you, I love how WordPress does that automatically. You should definitely concider dong that within your .htaccess file
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I agree completely with Zach and would like to add one little thing. I prefer to rewrite my URLS to remove the extension altogether. (so does SEOmoz, take this page for example http://www.seomoz.org/q/are-htm-files-stronger-than-aspx-files)
this makes it slightly more user friendly as its one less piece of info the the user to remember/type in and makes for a slightly cleaner looking URI.
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There is no difference for any file extension you use (htm, html, php, asp, aspx). When your coding/programming a website, you need to remember that even though the file is written in ASPX, the file is processed through the server, and outputs HTML. The key to this is that the HTML is valid, or the HTML 5 is using the generally accepted practices. Besides this, the file extension has no bearing on SEO.
I hope this helps!
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