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1. eddyj
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I noticed that instead of having your permalinks setup like

   /%postname%/

   you can have it like

   /%postname%.htm

   or
   /%postname%.html

   or
   /%postname%.php

   Is their any advantage from an search engine point of view of using .html over

   /%postname%/

   anyone tested out the difference?

2. themesbycal
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I haven't tested it really, but I don't think they care much if there's a .html or not......

   Even if they do somehow see .html or similar as "better" I doubt it will stay that way for long with all the new sites using SEF links and names......

3. lesliekirk
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   eddyj - how where you have to use /%postname%.htm or /%postname%.html? I haven't quite figured out how to get this to work.

   Thanks!

4. iridiax
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Google and the other search engines don't care. I'd stick with the standard permalinks without the html. What Google really does like are pretty permalinks because they have keywords in the URL.

   BTW, using just /%postname%/ as your permalink structure will cause problems.

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