Onsite SEO and index.html

Intrepreneur · 08-01-2009, 10:22 AM

I've always wondered about index.html and the effect it has on SEO.

It's becasue when linking to my domain name onsite.

It is always www.mysite.com/index.html

Does that have an effect on SEO for my main domain name? www.mysite.com

Amenda Jessera · 08-01-2009, 12:32 PM

when you are getting links from internal pages to home page(or on other way around), it is better to not to include "index.html".....

LookItsMeTerryG · 08-01-2009, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amenda Jessera

when you are getting links from internal pages to home page(or on other way around), it is better to not to include "index.html".....

Don't include it. A little clever 301 redirect will pass the majority of that link juice to your root domain, should be something like this:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /.*index\.html\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.html$ $1 [R=301,L]

Could be a bit buggy, test and tweak

Terry Kyle · 08-01-2009, 04:16 PM

Hi I,

By a mile I've had the best ranking results linking to just one inner page and completely ignoring the home page.

This is one great technique I got from Stompernet. Their theory is that one site's inner page linking to another site's inner page looks 'natural'.

It's even more powerful in my experience if that inner page is a single-post WP blog page with the exact keyword as the title.

Mike Adams · 08-01-2009, 08:33 PM

See my post #8 here will not having 'www' on my address affect seo?

08-01-2009, 10:22 AM	#1
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08-01-2009, 08:33 PM	#5
Mike Adams Long Time Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: United States Posts: 591 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 17 Thanked 106 Times in 54 Posts Contact Info	Re: Onsite SEO and index.html See my post #8 here will not having 'www' on my address affect seo?
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