Change website to .php from .html , will this hurt my seo rankings
html, php, seo
Solution
You will need to do a `301 redirect` from the .html to .php if possible. Alternatively, you can setup a `mod_rewrite` rule for the `.html` files to be rewritten as `.php.` That'd probably be the easier route, and how I would do it.
Problem
Quick question. I have a client with an HTML based website which ranks very, very high for SEO and has been around for 8 years. I want to revamp his site using php templates and implement some CMS. Will my re-writing the pages from .html to .php hurt his ranking in any way? Thanks in advance!