Passing PR to a New Page

Hey guys,

I want to start using Text Link Ads but all of my site's pages are in HTML. I'm thinking of converting just the top page to PHP but I'm wondering what the impact of this will be in regards to PR and my rankings. I've heard that 301 redirects will pass along PR, is this correct and how does it work? If I get this all sorted before the next PR update, will the .php page just take on the PR as soon as it happens or is there a waiting period? Or have I gotten this all wrong completely?

Can anyone suggest a better way to be able to use TLA with my HTML pages?

Thanks!
Kirsty

ps: Not sure if this is the correct branch...

 

You can use this code in your .htaccess file

Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteEngine on 
rewriterule ^(.*)\.html $1.php

Code (markup):

Rename your files with .php extension but keep your url's like yourdomain.com/page.html

This one works for me.

 

Yes, mod rewrite is the best way. I use it often.

 

i've had good experience with 301 redirection, so i can recommand that.

 

Thanks for the mod re-write bit. that may come in handy for me.