Does having .asp hurt

**CorettiHomes** · 09-18-2008, 03:47 PM

Hello another question for you guys/girls.
I have a template site powered by Top Producer.
My home page is my website address /home.asp
Does this hurt my page rank or Search Engine Position with google?

It seems when searching for a keyword phrase-Milford CT Real Estate- some (a Lot) of the websites that rank higher then mine (I'm #93) are not very good some have a lot of ads and no content. Just wondering if this was bringing my site down.

**CorettiHomes** · 09-18-2008, 08:30 PM

Thank you for the helpful hint!!
If I get rid of the <home> then I lose the tab to navigate home from anypage.

**bigmax** · 09-18-2008, 10:57 PM

Just rename all your .asp files into normal .html/.htm, whilest inserting
AddType application/x-httpd-asp .asp .htm .html
line into your .htaccess file.

**CorettiHomes** · 09-19-2008, 06:21 AM

If I were to rename all files it still puts an .asp at the end of the page. Its a template site from Top Producer/Realtor.com

**RogueDomains** · 09-19-2008, 10:11 PM

Some template sites limit how much you can change the coding. Whether pages end in .asp, .php or .html shouldn't affect your ranking.

**DonovanK** · 09-22-2008, 12:29 PM

It actually does not matter what the extension is for the page. Some pages are generated with html, php, or asp. I have a website for my wife that uses .asp for the file extension for the pages themselves and this does not affect the search engines. I just built a page which focuses on a property that a long trail spans the entire Pinellas county area. As you can see the URL for it is .com/pages/PinellasTrail.aspx and while the "pages" part of its name is not helpful, it is well titled to suit the content of the page. This is ideal for page naming convention.