Does having a file type on the end of a url affect rankings (example www.fourcolormagnets.com/business-cards.php VS www.fourcolormagnets.com/business-cards)????

[JHSpecialty]

Does having a file type on the end of a url affect rankings (example www.fourcolormagnets.com/business-cards.php VS  www.fourcolormagnets.com/business-cards)????

[JGar-28032]

I can tell you from experience that it doesn't matter. In fact, Matt Cutts suggested (quite some time ago, mind you) to keep the extensions. I almost never keep the extensions myself, and have not been given a reason to think it matters.

Here's the vid from Matt Cutts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSG6C33GwsE

[JHSpecialty]

Thanks for the quick response.

[loopyal]

The bad things about programming extensions, php, pl, asp and others are:

- that you are telling people the code on your site

- that you are adding one more thing that people need to remember

-  you are obfuscating your link name

As josh says, it doesn't make any difference to the search engines, but the lack of the extension is cleaner.