Magento product pages - should they have a .php or .html?

[llj]

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

[Leonie-Kramer]

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

[Highland]

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.