php, mysql and google ranking

greg's picture

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heyho,

For best possible google, yahoo etc rankings would i be better writing the code myself with php/mysql, or do the likes of netfusion do a good enough job? what about cms?

looking to buy web hosting, one comes with netfusion8 & web building software and isnt much dearer than the ones that are just basic web space.

I will have to learn either way - using netfusion (or other software) or php & mysql programming, but have been told to learn the programming so I can change it to better suit my requirements.

Rankings are my main priority tho! (As everyone else on the web)

Ta
Confused

Greg K's picture

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I'm not sure what all netfusion offers, but you are asking about page ranking which would have to do with the final code being sent to the browser, yet asking to compare languages that are processed on the server?

No matter which one you use (I recommend learning by hand first) it is the output that is judged by the SE's, not the code to get the output.

-Greg

greg's picture

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so write the html (or xhtml) as usual with decent content, keywords, meta tags etc, and se will rank from that?
and se's dont even look at the server code? ie php or sql

wot i mean with a cms or web build software (or netfusion) is it generates html, php etc from gui. So would I have to check the code it generates to ensure its not badly written?

(does it show I am a novice)

Renegade's picture

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It's not that SEs can't see the server code such as PHP or ASP, it's because they can't.

Everything gets processed at the server and then is output to the browser. So, concentrate on getting your (x)HTML, CSS and content right first Smiling

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