[wp-hackers] Permalink Structure - Performance vs. SEO

[Claude Needham]

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me> wrote:
> Yes, this is a dilemma to be sure.  But if your content is truly evergreen
> (the inclusion of a year/month is misleading), then should you really be
> publishing it as a post?  Evergreen content is better suited to pages in the
> WP system.  Pages still function like posts, but aren't included in the
> standard loop on the homepage and have a URL that lacks a date/time stamp.
>  If your article was written 3 years ago but is still relevant, make it a
> page instead.

Thanks for the suggestion. I shall definitely take that into
consideration for some of the sites.

What kinds of performance hit might I expect from large numbers of pages?

Thanks,
Claude