/index.htm is a PR4 but without that its 0? help! anyone!

Interestingly enough my site is a PR4 (all pages) however if I type www.sitename.com that is a PR0 where as if I enter www.sitename.com/index.htm that is a PR4..

ok, now I'm confused!

 

Probably because of more links pointing to www.sitename.com/index.htm than pointing to www.sitename.com.

 

You could use mod-rewrite to ensure you redirect everything to one or the other.

 

Add the following code to your .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.htm\ HTTP/ 
RewriteRule ^index\.htm$ http://www.domain.co.uk [R=301,L] 

Code (markup):

 

There ya go, nice one mad4.

 

Cheers mad4, your code worked a treat.

 

nice job

with a 301 redirection it will just work fine

 

Properly all link from you site pages pointing to index.htm and not to you main site.

Just update all you link to point to you site url without the index.htm (all internal and external links)

 

Some people may struggle to get all their external incoming links altered to a different url.

 

thanks guys.. will try that out.

 

The best way to go will be the .HTACCESS solution provided above.
That way the PR will flow to just one version of your site, no matter what you link to. OR what others linking externally link to.
regards
jeet