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joeboo2529
9,805 Pointswhat extension should be using as your home (index) page? is it better to use index.html or index.php?
I'm making a website for the company where index.html were using on existing site. The new site that i've developed is .php site. would this affects the seo etc?
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David Morgan
5,781 PointsI don't think the file extension will have any effect on seo. Google, and other search engines will only see the rendered markup that's generated by the php page(s).
Tim Rourke
12,151 PointsYep, use .php if it's a php file. If it isn't php, don't use .php.