Numbers in filename

Is this a problem for google?

[giveawayrooms]

I have a section of my site where I run travelogue articles - these articles naturally run in date order - this means it makes life easier if the filenames contain a number - it keeps the files organised better.

For example - if I had a travelogue of 3 pages, covering London, Paris & Rome - I could name the pages as follows ...

Either simply ...

001.html
002.html
003.html

This keeps things organised - but there is no keyword in the filename - and I am not sure if numbered filenames carry any sort of negative penalty

I could try ...

001-london.html
002-paris.html
003-rome.html

this at least solves the keyword problem (I assume I would get some benefit from it) - but the numbers are still there.

To be totally safe, I could just use ...

london.html
paris.html
rome.html

But this way the files are not organised in my directory in logical order - it makes life a little harder - so I would rather use numbers at the front if possible

[Grumpus]

I can't see Google having any problem with it other than the fact that the keywords in the URL are just that much further away from the start of it. (Which does seem to make some difference, though it's likely negigible.)

G.

[giveawayrooms]

I seem to remember reading a post about numbers in filenames - a slight problem I think - I've searched for it, but can't find it again!

I'd rather not have the number at the front, but that's what helps keep it nice and organised

[diddlydazz]

Hi giveawayrooms,

Look at the filename of this page 4729.htm

As google has no problem spidering/indexing these pages I would say you are safe.

There are many bulletin boards/message boards that use numbering for filenames and they have no problem at all.

Hope this helps

Dazz

[giveawayrooms]

yes - that is reassuring that there should be no problem

It's good to get it confirmed from someone else!

[korkus2000]

My best performing page on google has a number in the filename. It is #1 for its keywords. It also performs extremely well for Ink.

[giveawayrooms]

I'm feeling happy now :-)

Thanks everyone