domain.com/index vs. domain.com/index.htm

I used www.mydomain.com/comparison as my Destination URL. When I tested it by searching for my keyword on Google, I clicked the link and it gave me my website's error message.

However, When I changed the Destination URL to www.mydomain.com/comparison.htm, the link worked.

I don't get it. I can type www.mydomain.com/comparison into my address bar and it works just fine. Why doesn't it work in Google sponsored results?

Also, do the two pages have different page ranks?

-Thanks-

 

Your browser has mydomain.com/comparison cached as mydomain.com/comparison.html, so even though you type in the former, it'll go to the latter. When you input your destination URL, you can't use mydomain.com/comparison because it's not a real URL. I suppose you just got confused because it works in your browser.

The two pages do not have a different PR because they are both one and the same page.

 

You can test your ad destination URL by clicking on your ad inside your adgroup with no charge.

 

Yeah when I tested it in AdWords, it worked just fine, but then when I tested the real thing, I got the error message. I think it might have to do with the code following the destination URL.

 

You can also test your pay per click ads with Google Ad Preview Tool.

http://www.google.com/adpreview