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I want to know if i use the file structure as above and not use usual extensions like .html/.php etc. then also the search engines will index my site as efficiently as they would have if the domain was like
http*//mysite/pages/1/0/1/2/about-success.html
Just want to know will there be any effect (in the way the search engine indexes a site and other things related to search engine optimisation) if i use a fancy name extension http*//mysite/pages/1/0/1/2/about-success.name or use something like http*//mysite/pages/1/0/1/2/about-success rather than traditional http*//mysite/pages/1/0/1/2/about-success.html
[edited by: caveman at 4:25 am (utc) on Sep. 6, 2007]
[edit reason] Delinked links [/edit]
What's important is the output returned for requests, and the correct content type. Changing extensions for existing pages is not necessarily recommended, since you'll then need to redirect old URLs to new ones, and rely on search engines interpreting the redirects effectively.
My preference is for no extension, since the technology behind the website is not really of relevance to the visitor, and hence not really relevant for URLs themselves.
