Shouldn't people fix their Wordpress URLS to end with .html vs. folder

[AffiliateDreamer]

Hi,
I notice many seo'd wordpress blogs have urls like:
www.example.com/this-is-my-blog-post/

Why would you make all your blog posts a folder? Shouldn't it be more like:

www.example.com/this-is-my-blog-post.html

I can't see how making a page its own folder being a good thing, both in a information architecture point of view or seo.

comments?

[Robert Charlton]

Why would you make all your blog posts a folder? Shouldn't it be more like:

www.example.com/this-is-my-blog-post.html

Or, like...

www.example.com/this-is-my-blog-post

...with no slash.

For an extended discussion of this, see this thread...

Blog URL Structure for SEO
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[edited by: Robert_Charlton at 5:30 am (utc) on Mar. 12, 2008]