Mar 7, 2003 · I've heard that Google likes .html better than .php files. But the real question is this--does Google (and the other SEs) like .htm or .html extensions better? I'm building a new site, …

Mar 7, 2003 · HTM is an old Microsoft thing. Pick up your copy of MS FP 97 through 2002 and it generates HTM by default. HTML take precedence on most servers, that is to say if you have …

htm vs htmlThe (1st) problem with that solution without cloaking is which page would they get at the www.site.com address. If server thinks index.htm is the default that is what will be …

Mar 4, 2025 · I took over a site that had some .htm pages indexed and was basically nowhere in the SERPs. I have added quite a few pages to the site - all .html, but left the indexed .htm …

Any advantage? .htm vs. .htmlFirstly apologies if this has been asked before but the search facility ignores '.html' and '.htm' from its results so I couldn't find previous posts on it.

May 31, 2004 · .htm vs *.asp/php/cfm/aspx HTML came first! It was thoroughly understood by SEs and comparatively simple and straightforward. Then came an avalanche of newer …

You should note however that the same file with 2 different extensions .htm or .html are actually 2 different files. Ex. If your text editor automatically places a .htm extension on your file and you …

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Review the cited thread carefully, especially the second post. You must use mod_rewrite to avoid an "infinite" loop that will otherwise occur between the DirectoryIndex directive rewriting "/" to …