index.php harm SE ranking
 

simple question would having index.php harm chances at SE ranking?

no... why would it

no

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just wanted to make sure some ppl where saying it does

doesnt php effect pagerank or something like that? i remember someone saying that about gfy threads.

no something like

page.php?=contact.php instead of a contact.html may be bad for s.e's

the only time php would effect page rank or serps is if you have a query in the url like a search engine or something. like this:

http://www.yourdomain.com/index.php?id=10=cat=blah

But if you're just using php to run scripts within the source code, its fine. :2 cents:

ok thanks guys for clearing that up for me :thumbsup

Those actually increase my rankings on google these days :winkwink:

I highly doubt it, willing to elaborate?

Exactly right. If it has ID in the URL the robot thinks it's a session id and will not spider it.

This goes for cgi too.

Even with taht, there is a way to use modrewrite to make the pages .html

True. The key is how Google interprets it. I had an ASP-based commerce site (mainstream) a few years back with session ID's and not only did Google spider the entire site, I was ranked at/near the top for just about everything.

PHP pages can be indexed as can any other dynamic page. Just try to pass as few variables as possible and on the landing page keep the queries/code to a minimum. For example, if the variable passed is a customer ID and you need to match that with a DB, probably fine. Run the SELECT query and spit out the HTML. If you're running multiple queries on the page with Include files, session ID's and third-party software (like a transaction component) etc. etc. you may have issues.

Google is getting pretty good at spidering dynamic pages these days as the spider can recognize common app's (ecommerce, cms, etc.), but there are still concerns of being caught in an endless loop, for example, so it's cautious on custom-built pages.