is domainname.com/index.do link on home page is ok?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Raj Prajapati, Aug 26, 2008.

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    Hello friends! we have hyperlinked our Home page with

    domainname.com/index.do instead of domainname.com.

    Please suggest me which one is more better and how?

    Waiting for your reply.

    Thanks in advance.
     
    Raj Prajapati, Aug 26, 2008 IP
  2. cormac

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    Link directly to domainname.com as its the root of the site.
     
    cormac, Aug 26, 2008 IP
  3. ezprint2008

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    It's canonicalization
    domain.com/index.do and domain.com - can be seen as two different pages/sites by google. just like
    examplesite.com and examplesite.com/index.html and even examplesite.com and www.examplesite.com

    Use your .htaccess file to redirect non-www and index.html etc to www.domain.com
    You can get penalized for duplicate content even though they are all technically one real page if you dont.

    Matt Cutts (of Google) talks about this : http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-advice-url-canonicalization/
     
    ezprint2008, Aug 26, 2008 IP
  4. jzarante1231

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    Yeah, you should link it only to the www.domain.com. Make a 301 redirection. ezprint2008 is right. Google may see it as two different websites.
     
    jzarante1231, Aug 26, 2008 IP
  5. Raj Prajapati

    Raj Prajapati Active Member

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    Thanks for Information.

    but i still have question what impact may be on keyword postioning in search engines if we are using www.domainname.com/index .htm instaed of www.domainname.com on all our site pages

     
    Raj Prajapati, Aug 26, 2008 IP
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    it will not effect on ranking because both domain is same page name. I means index.html is a root page, home page, it show as home page.
     
    Naveen.jha, Aug 26, 2008 IP
  7. Raj Prajapati

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    Hi! Thanks for reply.

    but when i searched my keyword position in SE, index.do page opened, but in generally i dont see this index.do in other websites
     
    Raj Prajapati, Aug 27, 2008 IP
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    I think www.abc.com & index.html both are good domain on home page....

    * Canonicalization update
    It's almost not worth mentioning, but I know one website noticed this, so I'll talk about it. Last week there was an update to how...
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    Rituja, Aug 27, 2008 IP