Hi friends, I am a newbie. I know about URL and folder name optimization. But i just want to ask the necessity of index page in our website. Instead of having index.php or index.html, why don't we simply go for the keyword like help_desk_software.php or help_desk_software.html. Is it good??
That would be good for the help desk software page, not the home page. Robots and Spiders look for the index file as your home page. You can however sometimes bypass this in your hosting by redirecting your home page in the htaccess file to the page of your choice.
No it is not good for homepage or index page.I really appreciate with wesitesstudios , you have to use index.html or index.php for your home page.
Your index page is your default page, in other words by just typing the folder a not specifying any particular page in the folder it will automatically default to your index page. If you don't have an index.html or index.php depending on your host visitors will get access to all the files in the folder (not in the way you intended them to see it). You might be able to change the default or use a redirect, but unless you modify it you need to have an index page in ALL your folders and sub-folders.