Spider indexing/reading on php and html

[rodolfo6]

Hello, I am intending to install oscommerce. I was told that SEO (search engine optimization) and the indexing from search engine spiders is far less effective with php pages than it is with html pages. Apparently not all content of a page is indexed/read by spiders because spiders do not follow links to other files that are an important part of the pages, and as finally viewed on the browser /Internet.

 

Is this correct? - and what can be done to get the same search engine ratings / rankings with php files/pages as one would get using html pages/files.

 

I would appreciate any comments, suggestions and advice regarding this issue.

 

Thanks

rodolfo6

[blackriverbaskets]

Hello, I am intending to install oscommerce. I was told that SEO (search engine optimization) and the indexing from search engine spiders is far less effective with php pages than it is with html pages. Apparently not all content of a page is indexed/read by spiders because spiders do not follow links to other files that are an important part of the pages, and as finally viewed on the browser /Internet.

 

Is this correct? - and what can be done to get the same search engine ratings / rankings with php files/pages as one would get using html pages/files.

 

I would appreciate any comments, suggestions and advice regarding this issue.

 

Thanks

rodolfo6

I'm not an authority on this subject, but google has indexed over 100 pages from my site, all php. Php merely generates HTML on the fly. so all google sees is html with a .php extension. There should be no problems at all.

[rodolfo6]

I'm not an authority on this subject, but google has indexed over 100 pages from my site, all php. Php merely generates HTML on the fly. so all google sees is html with a .php extension. There should be no problems at all.

 

Thanks for your comments.

As to my understanding, most osCommerce pages are composed of html plus several scripts linking to other pages. The html part of the page is indexed, but the scripts referring to other pages are not indexed and are not taken into consideration for search engine ranking which in many cases can drop SE-ranking. That is what I was told, and I am looking for opinions and advice on how to proceed in order to get a good search engine ranking.

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Rodolfo6

 

For a start, put proper meta tags on all your pages, make sure that the navigation systems are complete (ie a spider can follow through your site via the hyperlinks, create a Google site map (do a Google to find out more!), and also if possible create an HTML site map accessible from your home page at least.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Regards

 

Martin

[Jack_mcs]

Thanks for your comments.

As to my understanding, most osCommerce pages are composed of html plus several scripts linking to other pages. The html part of the page is indexed, but the scripts referring to other pages are not indexed and are not taken into consideration for search engine ranking which in many cases can drop SE-ranking. That is what I was told, and I am looking for opinions and advice on how to proceed in order to get a good search engine ranking.

All the search engines see is html. They have no idea if the page is from an html or php site unless they look for it, which they don't. You don't need to concern yourself with any of that or with adding html pages. You do need to optimize your shop for the search engines or, like any site, they will ignore it. That includes adding contributions like the Header Tags Controller, Ultimate SEO, google sitemap, dyanamic sitemap and so on. Once you do, and sometimes before, the site will list well.

 

Jack

[♥bruyndoncx]

I think your confusion is that google and other spiders do not understand javascript code which can be mixed with the html, actual php code google will never see as the php page is setup on your webserver to generate html which google and all other search engines perfectly understand.

[rodolfo6]

I think your confusion is that google and other spiders do not understand javascript code which can be mixed with the html, actual php code google will never see as the php page is setup on your webserver to generate html which google and all other search engines perfectly understand.

 

 

Thank you all for your help and information on this subject.

 

rodolfo6