Pagerank divided solution

It was advised that I bring this topic to this forum. Here's the quote:

"The domain.com and domain.com/index.htm both have a PR of 5 which usually means there is some sort of redirect. I'm not sure how to get to the bottom of it you should post a thread in the DP google forum. It could even be that google has given 2 pages a PR5 when it should have been just 1 page with a higher PR."

The domain is 21stcenturyhgh dot com. There is no redirect of any kind. I'd like to fix this problem so I can max my PR. Should I go through the whole website and change the domain.com/index.htm links to domain.com (what a hassle!) or is there some easier solution?

Thanks for the help.

Michael

 

Micheal.. while you could do the whole htaccess mod rewrite route... but I really wouldn't worry about it

If U insist though

As for PR.. well I wouldn't worry about that either; http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=186449

 

Usually PR is considered for main domain name not actual webpage.

For example.
DP forums is PR7. {consider DC propagation}
http://digpagerank.com/index.php?url=http://forums.digitalpoint.com&dc=17

but if you check PR of /index.php then it is PR3 only. [huge difference]

http://digpagerank.com/index.php?url=http://forums.digitalpoint.com/index.php&dc=17

Though it can be considered as PR divide.

But you can redirect /index.htm to main domain {if possible} to get maximum advantage (which is usually very low)

 

Berserker, the code above, exactly where do I put it? (Sorry, I'm a newbie)

Michael

 

Sorry

What type of server are U on?

 

Type of server? npsis is my host. How can I find the info you want?

Michael

 

Is it a Windows server? Or a Unix/Linux ?

Have the link to your hosting plan page?

 

I would not use the mode rewrite. Just do a find and place in your source code then upload your entire site it will take about 10 seconds.

 

I checked to make sure and it's running Linux.

Michael

 

Ok then try this

Open up a TEXT editor and put this (adapt to suit your situation)

RewriteEngine On
# redirect all non-www traffic
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yoursite.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yoursite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

# Redirect aliases of home page to the root website
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*\/index\.html?
RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.html?$ http://www.yoursite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

NOTE; replacing the domain name and index page name (htm,html,php etc..)

Then save this as htaccess.txt

Now upload that to the ROOT directory of your site and rename to .htaccess

Let me know if you need some more help :0)