I was told this by a coworker, and I was curious if this was true. They requested I change any links on a site that point to the homepage as 'index.php', I'm assuming because they think it will treat the two different URLs (www.sitename.com and www.sitename.com/index.php) as duplicate content. However, I don't think that this is the case. What say you, StackOverflow?
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Yes - it does. I would recommend 301 redirecting index.php to /
NickAtuShip
2009-06-23 20:57:25
how would you do that? they are both the same file.
GSto
2009-06-23 21:55:42
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It might, but the best way to avoid this (and any other duplicate content issues) is to use the canonical link tag
Eric Petroelje
2009-06-23 21:06:33
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Short answer yes.
You should do a 301 to one of the two so search engines only see one page vs. a duplicate. Also, you can create a sitemap for Google. See the Google Web Master site on 301 Redirects. And here is a google page that describes 301's and duplicate content.
Marc
2009-06-23 21:07:11