PR transfer

On my site, all of my backlinks lead to the main domain name, however my home page is now domainname.com/somethingelse what type of redirect would i put there to transfer the pr over?

 

You need to do a 301 redirect, you can use htaccess or a script depending on what's available on your server

 

Can't you just change your server/hosting so that "somethingelse" loads as the default for your main www folder so that nothing need change.

I would suggest that you keep your links pointing to your domain name and if your new homepage is new.html set it up on your hosting that when the domain is call the default page loaded for that folder is new.html

 

sj i like that idea the most, how would i do that?

 

Speak to your host and tell them which page you would like to load as the default, its set by default to load index.htm, index.html or possibly .php/.asp but it can be changed to load somethingelse.html , depends on how flexible your host is, then this just acts as your homepage

- make sure your internal links point to the domain though and not the somethelse.html file

 

all of my internal links go to the full domain so i think i will have to go with the 301 redirect

 

If all your internal links point to the domain thats fine, just ask your host to change the defaulkt file loaded for your homepage - no need for the 301 if they do it.