HTML vs PHP

[mikeD]

I have been considering changing my pages from html to php, is it possible to optimise and rank php pages in Google as well as html.

[Yidaki]

No difference. No problem.

But avoid using more than 1-2 query parameters - or better avoid them completely.

[ciml]

Yes, and if it's a large, deep site I'd avoid anything with an "?" in. Most important is to avoid "id=", as this is often used for sessions and can send robots into loops.

[plasma]

It's ugly, too.
Simply use mod_rewrite for 'nice urls'.

[AjiNIMC]

I have been considering changing my pages from html to php, is it possible to optimise and rank php pages in Google as well as html.

mikeD, I am using php for some time and my sites get crawled very regularly. I agree with ciml, even I avoid "?" and "id=". But in past the pages with "?" has also been in SERP, but now I have changed it.

Also there are some advantages, as I have put some content of the page dynamic. Dyanmic in a sense that it changes every day including date, this helps to get regular crawl as google thinks your content is changing everyday. PHP makes it simpler.

What google gets is not php code rather it always gets the html code. So donot worry go for php. But keep your site simple.

Aji

[jayq]

google seems to handle php pretty well