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gobeyond · 05-03-2007, 05:41 PM

Hi,

I inherited a web site that uses welcome.html as the home page. Apparently the web host supports this file as the home page. I am going to transfer this site to another host which DOES NOT support welcome.html as the home page. I will have to change this file name into index.html.

My question is: do I need to do a permanent redirect to tell search engines that the home page is index.html now. I don't want to search engines to index 2 identical pages.

Thanks in advance!

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gobeyond Contributing Member Join Date: 05-10-06 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 102 iTrader: 0 / 0% Latest Blog: None	Home Page URL Question Hi, I inherited a web site that uses welcome.html as the home page. Apparently the web host supports this file as the home page. I am going to transfer this site to another host which DOES NOT support welcome.html as the home page. I will have to change this file name into index.html. My question is: do I need to do a permanent redirect to tell search engines that the home page is index.html now. I don't want to search engines to index 2 identical pages. Thanks in advance! __________________ Minneapolis SEO & Minneapolis Web Design SEO Optimization Minneapolis, MN SEO Search Engine Optimization Minneapolis, MN Search Engine Optimization, SEO, Minneapolis, Twin Cities, Minnesota