SEF URLs

[johno69]

whats better?

domain.com/SomeRandomPage
domain.com/SomeRandomPage.html

have seen conflicting info in my search for a definitive answer.

 

[Oz.]

domain.com/some-random-page

Would be my guess. (I know it wasn't an option)

 

[johno69]

yeah thats always an option. Was more wondering if the extension would help or hinder.

thanks.

 

[davids]

I mostly use:
domain.com/some-random-page.html
domain.com/some-random-page/random-subpage.html

I can't honestly tell much difference between having the extension there or not though, the sites I have with an extension do just as well as the ones without one.

 

[jam]

Aesthetics /page-name over /page-name.html
SEO stand point. /page-name over /pagename

Never heard of the extentions having any effect rankings.

 

[Timmy]

Shouldn't matter, but agree no .html looks nicer.

 

[James]

This is the best format -

www.domain.com/some-random-page/

.html is outdated now...

Also never use capital letters in a URL...

Separate spaces with (-) dash not a _ or no space as Google will group the words as one.

 

[Lemon]

This is the best format -

www.domain.com/some-random-page/

I would have thought the last / indicates that it is a directory not a page??

 

[johno69]

Thanks again guys.

Was reading up on Zend framework and the options for urls.

Looks like I have it right already anyway.

 

[Chris.C]

I think you'll find it hard to find a "definitive" answer.

Whether you use .html or not is going to matter very little in the big scheme of things.

And at the end of the day there are dozens of things that are far more important and are worthy of your time and energy.

 

[FirstPageResults]

Whether you use .html or not is going to matter very little in the big scheme of things.

SEO wise I agree, just need to make sure you don't create any bot traps with your URL structures and it's all much of a muchness.

I like pretty URLs and they are good for security reasons so I normally use routing to strip server side technology extensions, ID numbers, non alphanumerical characters and then format URLs like:

domain.com.au/category/page-title