search engines and non html files

does google read .php files?

[mylungsarempty]

I'm building a website comprised of PHP files, and i'm just curious... Google looks at these just like it does .htm files, doesn't it?

[Longhaired Genius]

Google with crawl file.php as readily as it will crawl file.html. But it will crawl php files with query strings (file.php?&content=stuff) much more cautiously, and pagerank for those files will be lower (in my experience).

You can use mod_rewrite in a .htaccess file to rewrite your urls as static files and google will eat them up.

[mylungsarempty]

Thanks for the feedback!

"use mod_rewrite in a .htaccess file to rewrite your urls as static files"

can you elaborate on that at all? i just recently became familiar with the .htaccess file.

[Robino]

"http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html"

[jatar_k]

there are no probs with php files whatsoever.

query strings are a problem related to any site/language.

they aren't necessary and can be gotten around many ways, mod rewrite is a very good way. Proper design is an even better way.