PHP vs. HTML

[Kellyp1]

I recently was told that html is much better for search engine optimization then using php. What are your thoughts on this? PHP is a better choice for my business but wanted to hear what the community had to say.

[jlknauff]

it doesn't make a difference

[rady]

you just need to rewrite urls.. then search engines will think it's html

[sarahk]

Search engines don't care. They don't like alot of parameters on a page and they don't like session ids but .html or .php, bah! it makes no difference.

Ultimately .php files generate HTML anyway!!!!

[ERE Breckenridge]

When using php you should be very carefull to customize your titles and other meta tags for all files that have a dynamic call.

example www.domainxyz.com/view-product.php?id=5 should have a page title that corosponds with the item that has an id of 5, while www.domainxyz.com/view-product.php?id=22 must have totally a different title.

If you are a beginer php programmer and you don't have the ability to easily generate different titles for you dynamic pages, I advice using html.