What is the best url format ?

[massimobrogi]

hello,

I have the multiple site with file format url like contact-us.php, search.php, index.html

But now i am going to update my site using any framework such as yii, cakephp,

now i need the best suggestion, i wanted to create the seo friendly site, so what is the best format for ulr,

1. file format such as contact-us.php, index.html, about-us.html  [or]

2. path based url such as contact-us/ , about-my-company/  [or]

3. path based without slash like  contact-us, about-my-company

Please provide me the best solution for above

Thanks

Alex

[massimobrogi]

Thank you,

Thank you lot

[SEO5Team]

just to add to that , please refer to the post below for best practices:

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/11-best-practices-for-urls

[SEO5Team]

Alex,

I'm not sure about the 3rd path you mentioned however i've seen sites rank high with both 1 and 2. The idea is to have a clean URL structure without any dynamic strings associated with the URL. The URL itself however is not enough to get the page to rank high. It must be combined with strong on page SEO to get the full benefit.