Max Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Hi In both php and javascript books, you set the home page as a php script e.g. index.php. This begs the question whether a search engine such as Google will find the page / web site as easily as 'index.html'. In the past, I have always made the homepage 'index.html' and then called the .php files from the nav bar (e.g. aboutus.php). Your views would be appreciated. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartleySan Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 There is no difference between index.html and index.php to Web crawlers. With that said, you do want to be careful about canonicalization. If you'd like to know more about Web crawlers and SEO, I recommend the following book: http://www.amazon.com/Search-Engine-Optimization-SEO-Secrets/dp/0470554185/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336402167&sr=1-10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 The index.php page would have HTML integrated into it, some of which would be generated dynamically hence the reason to be using PHP so the Apache engine or whatever you use would sent the HTML code to the browser to be displaced. This would not effect SEO as all the HTML tags would be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartleySan Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Hey, Edward, just noticed you're in Hell's Kitchen, California. I'm living in Japan now, but looking to move back to America and get some work as a Web developer. How's the market over there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Well if you have a specialized web skills and have a nice web site portfolio, i think USA provides one of the biggest markets in the world for website design, USA have 50+ States. You see what people are charging now 100dollars plus per hour. Cut there price and offer the same work, you can work it out for yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Max, I don't have hard numbers, but I would be surprised if index.html wasn't the minority of home pages these days, particularly with WordPress representing so many Web sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 O.K. Thanks. Worth asking though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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