DirectoryIndex (.htaccess), does it affect SEO & is it considered "redirection"?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Love*, Jul 30, 2009.

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    Well, I am *about* to use a different index on my site, and have it display the index of another directory (same domain), using .htaccess:

    Example:
    DirectoryIndex /dir/index.php
    HTML:
    So instead of opening the index from the root directory, it will server the page specified from the directory "dir"..

    What I'm worried about is, is it considered "redirection"? & Is it going to affect my SE rankings at all?

    Another question is, if it is forwarded to that other index (I can actually see the actual URL of the page being loaded in the status bar), will PR checking sites consider this as redirection & will my valid PR appear as fake if I implemented this?

    Thanks so much, hopefully someone can help. :)
     
    Love*, Jul 30, 2009 IP