HTML pages compared to generated pages getting listed

[2havefun]

Question and discussion

I have a web site that is about <snip>, it is a content site, now I get great google listings, for many minnesota recreational activities, places to stay ETC..

Now I write my pages in html - I use cutehtml

I have a PR5 was a PR6 but changed servers and lost some listings so 6 or 7 is soon to be back

Now generated pages, I know sites that spend per clicks/sponsor links on the engines doing the same think
that my site does - provide content
They get half the traffic

What is all your options on html compared to
php, asp, cfm ETC...

My thought is a html page will always out rank a generated page with the same content

<snip>

[edited by: Marcia at 2:42 am (utc) on Aug. 24, 2003]
[edit reason] No URLs or specifics, please. [/edit]

[rogerd]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, 2havefun! Your last thought is probably close to correct, assuming the dynamic pages have query strings. The general order of preference at the moment seems to be:
Best - pages with no query string
OK - pages with a short query string
Worst - pages with a long query string containing many variables or, worst of all, a SessionID

Google is getting better at spidering dynamic content, so perhaps this area will bear watching in the coming months.

[takagi]

My thought is a html page will always out rank a generated page with the same content

Once spidered by a bot (see remarks by rogerd in message 2), there is no reason to believe that static pages will rank better than dynamic pages with identical content.

[rogerd]

I haven't run a controlled experiment, takagi, but members seem to report a bias in rankings to pages without query strings.