site.com and site.com/index - different PR?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Blitz, Jan 26, 2006.

  1. #1
    I never realised this was possible until it happened to me. My PR is as follows:

    www.site.com - PR0
    www.site.com/index.php - PR4

    All the PR'd pages are /something.php, yet the main URL isn't? How come this is happening, is there anyway I can fix it and does it happen often?
     
    Blitz, Jan 26, 2006 IP
  2. mdvaldosta

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    #2
    make sure all your internal links point to site.com or "/" instead of site.com/index.php - and when you get links pointing to your site they point to your site root also.
     
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  3. ServerUnion

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    #3
    I would make sure all references to your site do not use the full filename.

    Nest you could insert some PHP into the header of your index.php that it will do a 301 redirect to www.site.com

    Good luck
     
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    #4
    this is so because all of your incoming links are pointing to the index.html but not the plain domain itself.

    So decide which one do you prefer and redirect the unwanted one to your choice.

    I will choose the later as it is a pr4 :)
     
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  5. Blitz

    Blitz Well-Known Member

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    Ah ok, I'll just redirect the page, pretty annoying though.

    Thanks for the help.
     
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  6. Eclipsis

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    #6
    Yes it's very important to always link the same URL for your page, otherwise PR will be different... (or always ask the same URL to your partners)
    'site.com' is different to 'www.site.com' which is different to 'www.site.com/index.php'
     
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  7. Nadir

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    Yep, I agree with eclipsis, always make sure you link to the same url, even within your site, always use the same url.
     
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  8. poseidon

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    guys, I was just wondering that does .com and .com/ are same in terms of PR ? I mean while submitting my site to directories, some time I have use my site's address as http://www.xyz.com and sometimes http://www.xyz.com/

    Does thie makes any difference ?
     
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  9. redQueen

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    i think they are the same. But if you added a file after / then that would have been different. I'm not very sure with my answer though :eek:
     
    redQueen, Jan 28, 2006 IP