PHP or ASP

[Boston30]

I know that there is probably no definitive answer, but
does it matter in search engine optimization whether you use PHP or ASP for your CMS.

Look forward to hearing your ideas.

[costas]

Well, I haven't tried ASP yet!! But I think that PHP is better as newer and I hear that it is used more and more by newly created sites and that replaces ASP in the older ones -- don't know if it's true.

[xeno]

PHP is the most popular, thus you can find more help and resources. That should help you make your decision.

[blm126]

No search engines do not care what powers your site.

[djr33]

Search engines care about the CONTENT of your site. Don't think you can trick it by pretending to have something cool.... they just don't care. Google, for example, has complex ways of choosing "good" sites, and that's almost entirely based on content on the pages, in addition to some traffic stats.

As for php vs. asp, I'd suggest php for the same reason as above... it's free, widely used with a lot of support, the website is actually helpful, and it should do everything you need. Plus, it's not a microsoft product. Can't go wrong there ;)

[tech_support]

What about ASPX?

[djr33]

I believe that's just a different file extension.
But.... I may be wrong here.

[tech_support]

Well, ASPX is ASP.net 2.0, so I guess ASP.net 1.0 is ASP.

[Twey]

By default, .aspx is the extension for ASP.NET, while .asp is the extension for ASP.

[boxxertrumps]

all php/asp pages are echoed as HTML. i dont think the file extention would matter.