Yakezie.com - Topic: .html extension... https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/ Simple:Press Version 4.5.1 Miss T @ Prairie Eco-Thrifter on .html extension... https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p18145 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p18145 I get so lost in this coding stuff sometimes. Would anyone in the network be willing to do this for me on my site so it doesn't get goofed up?

]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:52:51 +0000 moneysmarts on .html extension... https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p18107 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p18107 I made the change to my urls to remove the .html at the end of it a few weeks ago. I had a friend update my .htaccess file with 301 rewrites to make sure any old links were redirected correctly, and also make sure most of my link juice didn't go bye bye. 

 

So far about a month later I haven't seen any drop in my traffic - actually it's been one of my better months ever as far as traffic/income!

]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:01:53 +0000 Fcoll on .html extension... https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p18079 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p18079 .html in your URL used to be a positive ranking factor because it used to mean that your pages are static and the content isn't going to change as soon as Google's crawler leaves. It made Google feel safer about displaying your page than another dynamic one.

Than naturally people got obsessed, using mod rewrite to make their urls look static.

Later on, Google came out saying that the url extension has absolutely no effect on your rankings. You could easily go ahead and name your pages /my-personal-finance-article.jon (I've actually seen people doing that probably for the fun of it).

By changing your URLs I will bet you will lose a very substantial part of your search engine traffic as soon as Google sees the changes. Then ifyou listened to the above advice about using 301 redirects, then you could get some of the lost ranking back in a couple of weeks.

I really hope it turns out well for you though ;)

]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:18:35 +0000 moneysmarts on .html extension... https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p18053 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p18053 I had .html on my urls for 3 years, and it never seemed to have any negative effects.   Of course i have it removed now, but go figure.

]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:35:10 +0000 Jon | Free Money Wisdom on .html extension... https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p18017 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p18017 I have a couple friends who do SEO for a living.  Every little bit helps for gaining on Google!

]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:07:11 +0000 Glen Craig on .html extension... https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17981 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17981

Well, for SEO purposes, it's a terrible thing to have that at the end of your url's.

 

Where did you hear this?

]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:43:51 +0000 Eric - PersonalProfitability.com on .html extension... https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17943 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17943 Glad I could help. Definitely follow JT's advice too. 301s keep your Google links working.

]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:19:52 +0000 JT_McGee on .html extension... https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17919 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17919 @Jon

 

Not sure if you've fixed your links yet, but I would definitely encourage you to modify your mod rewrite in htaccess file to 301 redirect your .html links to no-.html links.

 

A quick google search will provide you with the moderewrite rules you need to do that.  That way if you happen to miss any, the htaccess rules will catch it. :)

]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:27:29 +0000 Jon | Free Money Wisdom on .html extension... https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17907 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17907 Fixed, you da man narrow Bridge!  Now it's time to go back and fix all my broken links :(

]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:14:43 +0000 Eric - PersonalProfitability.com on .html extension... https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17874 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17874 Go to http://www.freemoneywisdom.com/wp-admin/options-permalink.php

The permalink settings are there. You should be able to fix it with a quick change.

]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:32:50 +0000 financialstudent on .html extension... https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17873 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17873 That's weird....I don't think it's a Wordpress setting. Sounds like a hosting issue. Do you know if your host is using Windows servers? I'll probably start a flame war, but it sounds like something Windows would do. ;)

]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:04:41 +0000 Jon | Free Money Wisdom on .html extension... https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17855 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17855 It's an issue with the URL in the navigation bar.  Compare our blog posts for example.  I just cruised to your site and your blog post is http://frugalzeitgeist.com/mak.....er-change/ where as my recent post is http://www.freemoneywisdom.com.....olina.html 

 

Notice the .html at the end of mine?  Well, for SEO purposes, it's a terrible thing to have that at the end of your url's.  I'm trying to figure out how to permanently remove that from my url extensions.  Most blogs don't have it so I'm wondering if anyone out there has advice for me.

And yes, I'm running wordpress with my own hosted domain name.  

Thanks!

]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:29:57 +0000 Forest Parks on .html extension... https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17832 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17832 What exactly is the issue? Are you running wordpress, which site is it?

]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:55:11 +0000 Jon | Free Money Wisdom on .html extension... https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17740 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/html-extension/#p17740 I have searched and searched the internet but I still can't find anything related to the .html URL extension.  I want to remove this extension and only have my domain as the URL.  I've been beating my head against the wall because it seems like it should be something really simple to fix.  If anyone has any tips, let me know before I go crazy in the head!

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