Internal linking - which is better

www.foo.com/widgets/ or www.foo.com/widgets/index.php

[5x54u]

Within a site's internal linking method in the <a href>, is it best to link this way:

www.foo.com/widgets/index.php

or -

www.foo.com/widgets/

Thakn you for opinions.

[edited by: 5x54u at 5:03 pm (utc) on Oct. 29, 2005]

[walkman]

>> www.foo.com/widgets/

but only use ONE method as you'll have a dupe problem in your hands

[5x54u]

Thanks Walkman I do use only the one (/widgets/ )but people are linking to me with the index.php in their href organically.

Take a look at this thread I posted yesterday but can not get a reply (has to do with re-directing the index.php to /widget/)

[webmasterworld.com...]

Thanks for quick reply

[g1smd]

End with the folder name and trailing / so that you can change the index page name to whatever your want at any time in the future without having to change any of the internal links on your site.

[5x54u]

Thanks all - does anyone know the best way on a IIS box to re-direct the /widgets/index.php that organic linkers linking to /widgets/.

I do not have re-write capabilities and could do with PHP - need advice. Do I place a 301 on top of index.php to location: http:www.foo.com/widgets/ to eliminate the dupe issue I am getting on G?

[g1smd]

A 301 redirect could do it, but no idea how to do that with IIS.

Look into ISAPI rewrite, perhaps.