Changing home page url?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by jto, Nov 5, 2009.

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    I'm working with a company that seems to be a reputable SEO service provider.

    The company is auroin.

    So far the process with them has been legit. I sent in payment and things are moving along.

    The reason for my post though is that they want me to change my home page url from index.aspx to keyword.aspx.

    So that when somebody goes to mysite.com they are forwarded to mysite.com/keyword.aspx

    Now I will be the first to admit that I am not a web design pro, or SEO pro for that matter. But this doesn't sound like a very good idea to me. Of course I could be very wrong.

    Can somebody shed some light on this for me?
     
    jto, Nov 5, 2009 IP
  2. Website_Development_NJ

    Website_Development_NJ Guest

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    hey,

    you can go through URL Rewriting for your requirement. If you want to know about URL rewriting then you can just search in Google for url rewriting with .htaccess file.

    You will get 100% perfect solution for this issue
     
    Website_Development_NJ, Nov 5, 2009 IP
  3. ontheroad

    ontheroad Greenhorn

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    To be honest, your homepage should be your domain name and that is it.
    Example:
    http : / / www DOT yoursitenamehere DOT com /

    Make sure all links pointing to your homepage is the same.
    Otherwise you will have duplicated pages which will count as duplicated content.
    Adding to this, you will need to tell Google, Bing, Yahoo in your webmaster tools which is your homepage as they might choose for you. This could affect your PageRank.

    By adding in a keyword to your homepage url...they are trying to use the URL as an added bonus to get higher rankings, but you must becareful. Try to stay with WhiteHat techniques as possible. If you are not sure about something and you can't find anything on it, I would research more or not do it at all.

    If you are talking about another page on your site, then that is fine. You will want to do URL re-writes.

    If you could give us more detail on this, I might be able to point out a few more things.
    Is this for your homepage?
    Is this for a product page?
    Subpage?
    etc...
     
    ontheroad, Nov 5, 2009 IP
  4. webdev007

    webdev007 Active Member

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    Anything attached to the root url won't be a good idea to make that a home page. "http www domain com/" style is the best one for Home pages.
     
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  5. shanmit45

    shanmit45 Peon

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    URL rewriting can be one of the best and quickest ways to improve the usability and search friendliness of your site. It can also be the source of near-unending misery and suffering. Definitely worth playing carefully with it - lots of testing is recommended. With great power comes great responsibility, and all that.

    There are several other guides on the web already,
     
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