Search engines index-page address problems

**KoosHopeloos** · 10-30-2006, 04:02 AM

L.S.,

When I checked my referrer-logfile I found out that some search engines have logged my site as www.mywebsite.com and some others as www.mywebsite.com/index.html. I would like synchronise all search engines to register my site as www.mywebsite.com.

Since I do not know which and how many search engines have registered my website can I best do this with a 301 redirect? Or is there a better method?

Thanks, KoosHopeloos

**DJ-Zep** · 10-30-2006, 02:45 PM

I'm not sure if there is a way to change it. If you removed index.html, then the search engine would crawl until it found another default item. I've never tried anything like this before.

10-30-2006, 04:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
KoosHopeloos TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 555 OS: Windows XP Pro & Windows Vista Ultimate browsing the web with FF, Opera, Safari and IE.	Search engines index-page address problems L.S., When I checked my referrer-logfile I found out that some search engines have logged my site as www.mywebsite.com and some others as www.mywebsite.com/index.html. I would like synchronise all search engines to register my site as www.mywebsite.com. Since I do not know which and how many search engines have registered my website can I best do this with a 301 redirect? Or is there a better method? Thanks, KoosHopeloos

10-30-2006, 02:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
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