: What is the best file extension for an SEO friendly URL? I'm working for a website to convert the website URL to an SEO friendly URL. I plan to use this: example.com/category-name/pageid-123-page-name

@Lee4591628

Including or not the extension is not the most important point for SEO. Content, clean and semantic markup, meta description, title.... these things weight more.

However, if you are intending to optimize your URLs (what isn't a bad thing at all), think on users first (as for everything).

Your plan is:

mysite.com/category-name/pageid-123-page-name


I suggest something even more friendly, like:

mysite.com/category-name/page-name


Unless you are using a industry made solution, coding a routine in php to handle those request should not be a huge challenge.

Ah, and don't get worried about every single minor difference between you and other sites. If you think the way you do is better for your users, go ahead in your own way. You probably is making better and getting ahead of them.

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@Vandalay111

The difference in ranking caused by file extensions and slashes in URL's is minimal. Choose whatever is easiest for you to work with (for example if you have to wrestle with a CMS)

The reasons the competition ranks higher than you do will be content and the number/quality of links pointing to those sites.

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@Moriarity557

URL, they matter a lot less in comparison to what the content it contains.

No matter how much detailed you make your URL, if the content you put inside like <title>, <h1>, <h2>, etc. is meaning less, your page will not rank higher.

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