Google Search: .shtml files and calls to .txt files

.shtml .txt files

[pchristensen]

My web page has been on-line with its permanent URL for the past week and I've been pondering future content moves.

Last night, I realized something in the context of what I've been reading here for good SE placement on Google, and the terror just struck at once....I realized that all my sub pages have .shtml extensions and all my significant text content with .txt file extensions (150+ pages) are called from within the .shtml file. It was done this way to make manual editing easier without the risk of accidentally tampering with the existing html on each .shtml page.

Question: How handicapped is this site from a Google search standpoint given the fact that 1) .shtml files are used for all sub-pages instead of .html and 2) .txt text files with all my good keyword content is externally called from the .shtml file.

I am sitting down now for the answer....

Thanks in advance,

Paul

[Dolemite]

If this is all done server-side, then it shouldn't be a problem at all.

It wouldn't hurt to check the site out with sim spider [searchengineworld.com], either.

[mcavic]

Ditto what Dolemite said. As long as it works when you hit the page with your browser, Google won't even know about the .txt files. It'll just see the text.

[pchristensen]

Whew!

I just used SIM-SPIDER as suggested and the whole .shtml and external call the .txt (where the page's content resides) is apparently (and thankfully) transparent to the robots. Man...I can get some sleep tonight. A huge thanks to both of you!

-Paul