.htm vs *.asp/php/cfm/aspx

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[fashezee]

8 out of 10 compaigns we are running; the top positions are held be sites developed with static .htm pages.

Why should it matter -?

[DaveAtIFG]

.htm vs *.asp/php/cfm/aspx

HTML came first! It was thoroughly understood by SEs and comparatively simple and straightforward. Then came an avalanche of newer technologies and SEs are still struggling to determine how to spider and index the new stuff without getting buried in spam.

[fashezee]

servers can be setup to parse different documents:

.htm can be parsed with an ASP compiler - what good would it do to the SEs to give less of a score to .asp when .htm can create just as much spam!

[DaveAtIFG]

what good would it do to the SEs to give less of a score to .asp

Are you saying they do? I have no evidence of that.

How many HTML vs non-HTML web pages exist? 8 out of 10 perhaps? :)

My experience is that Ver 3 HTML pages (no CSS) still do better in the SERPs than Ver 4 pages. I attribute this to their simplicity, they are easier for an SE to spider, analyze and index. Further, SEs had 5-10 years to learn to deal with them. Suddenly, many new technologies became available and SEs are struggling to keep pace with them all. Spiders, page analyzers, indexing algos, et al, must be revised, updated, and debugged, to recognize and process EACH new technology.