Linking to Root Level Pages

/ vs. /index.htm

[pageoneresults]

Do you link to your root level pages like this?

www.example.com/index.htm
www.example.com/sub/index.htm

If so, how come? Are you aware of the pitfalls of doing this?

[moltar]

No, I always link to just the slash. There are several reasons:

- Dup content
- Thinking of the future. If I want to migrate from htm to php, then the indexing won't be affected.
- I just hate the way extensions look.

[pageoneresults]

[google.com...]
971,000,000

[google.com...]
717,000,000

[google.com...]
184,000,000

[google.com...]
151,000,000

[google.com...]
64,300,000

[google.com...]
28,000,000

[google.com...]
21,000,000

Whew! Sure hope the above don't plan on changing the underlying technology of their websites! ;)

[pageoneresults]

[google.com...]
151,000,000

[google.com...]
86,500,000

[google.com...]
33,500,000

[google.com...]
11,100,000

[google.com...]
6,830,000

[google.com...]
4,790,000

And, I've not mentioned the plethora of other pages that are set as root level pages. :(