Magento product pages - should they have a .php or .html?
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Hi all,
I'm using a plugin to do some SEO work on my Magento site
It says this is an error:
Product pages should have a suitable file type extension such as .php or .html
I removed .html when I first set up my store because I though it looked more aesthetically pleasing, but does this have a negative effect on SEO? I can't find much information on this matter in my searches.
Can anyone shed any light on this?
Thank you, Laura
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Google really isn't all that concerned with the structure of your URLs. You could have domain.com/widgets/nfdi23ur2r255.rofl and they wouldn't care. Having a keyword in your URL is nice but not necessary.
My advice is to pick URLs that are easier to remember. So domain.com/widgets/brown is not cleaner per se, but it is easier to remember.
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Hi, from a SEO perspective it doesn't matter you use .html or .php. But i'm suprised why you have to add a page extension after installing A SEO plugin. A SEF URL looks like : http://www.domainname.com/product-name/
I'm not sure it will harm your SEO when using .HTML or .PHP. but if all your other urls don't have it, the structure ( Which google likes so much) Is gone.
And something else. are you going te create duplicates? so will the url without .html / .php exists? That is something i advice you to check and if yes, use the canonical.
Grtz, Leonie
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