questions on html extension

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by Lukas, Oct 26, 2007.

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  1. #1
    I have a few questions:

    1) if i want to hide the extension like home.com/index.htm from browser address window to display just home.com , how do i do that..?

    2.) If i do that NOW, will that hurt any deep links/SEO I have already created using that extension ?

    for example, home.com/search-engine.html will become

    home.com/search-engine/

    are those the same in the search engines eyes ( google, yahoo, msn, etc )
    if the new link is clicked on will it yield the same page or "page not found".

    Thanks
     
    Lukas, Oct 26, 2007 IP
  2. twistedspikes

    twistedspikes Notable Member

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    you can do it through htaccess.
     
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  3. Lukas

    Lukas Well-Known Member

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    OK, right but HOW and what do you think of question #2 ?
     
    Lukas, Oct 26, 2007 IP
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    AstarothSolutions Peon

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    You would ideally need to put up 301 redirections for the old addresses to prevent the loss of SEO

    A search engine will see (almost) no difference between yourdomain.com/page1.html and yourdomain.com/page1 when it comes to scoring
     
    AstarothSolutions, Oct 26, 2007 IP