HTM or HTML?

Verbal · 2004-04-20, 08:23 PM

Does it matter which extension (HTM or HTML) you use in regards to optimizing your site for the search engines?
I always use index.html for my index page, and name everything else as .htm.
What do you guys think? |juggle|

Surfn · 2004-04-20, 09:03 PM

It doesn't matter, either one.

Cleo · 2004-04-20, 09:04 PM

I always try to link to directories and not pages if I'm able.

Greenguy · 2004-04-20, 09:29 PM

All the category pages on link-o-rama.com are .htm pages & I'm still getting SE results, so it probably doesn't matter as far as the SE spiders are concerned.

DangerDave · 2004-04-20, 10:55 PM

As long as Googlebot can find your default index.. it can be called anything you like

This will depend on your server setup and the way you link to sites/pages.

htm/html/shtml etc makes no diff...

As GG said.... Most of my pages are .shtml and all are ranked

DD

Chop Smith · 2004-04-21, 04:31 AM

I believe the only difference between .htm and .html is that Billy Gates could not handle a four letter extension.

Verbal · 2004-04-21, 09:21 AM

Nice, thanks.

Just one of those weird naming things I never knew if there was a standard for.

Greenguy · 2004-04-21, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Chop Smith
I believe the only difference between .htm and .html is that Billy Gates could not handle a four letter extension.

Chop - oddly enough, my original pages were designed partly on an old Windows 3.1 machine which of course meant they had to be .htm pages

Ahhh...the good old days of editing in Notepad

Chop Smith · 2004-04-21, 10:06 AM

Greenguy, when did you start wearing eye glasses?

2004-04-20, 08:23 PM	#1
Verbal Verbal prefers 56K Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 563	HTM or HTML? Does it matter which extension (HTM or HTML) you use in regards to optimizing your site for the search engines? I always use index.html for my index page, and name everything else as .htm. What do you guys think? \|juggle\|

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2004-04-20, 10:55 PM	#5
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2004-04-21, 04:31 AM	#6
Chop Smith Eighteen 'til I Die Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mississippi Posts: 2,168	I believe the only difference between .htm and .html is that Billy Gates could not handle a four letter extension. __________________

2004-04-20, 09:03 PM	#2
Surfn If you don’t take a chance the Angels won’t dance Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Earth on occasion Posts: 8,812	It doesn't matter, either one.

2004-04-21, 09:21 AM	#7
Verbal Verbal prefers 56K Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 563	Nice, thanks. Just one of those weird naming things I never knew if there was a standard for.

2004-04-21, 10:06 AM	#9
Chop Smith Eighteen 'til I Die Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mississippi Posts: 2,168	Greenguy, when did you start wearing eye glasses? __________________