Lost PR with format switch

.asp to .php switch, PR went to 0?

[Hubie]

I'm switching from .asp to .php format. (going from www.domain.com/index.asp to www.domain.com/index.php).

How can I ensure my page rank will remain? After I went to the new format my PR went to 0. When I type in the exact URL (domain.com) into my browser, I see the PR5 for a split second and then it goes to my /index.php page (and back to zero PR).

Any advice?

Hubes

[tedster]

When a page has a different extension, then it is a different url and starts at zero, no matter what the content.

Can you just have the precise domain resolve without redirecting to index.php?

[MLHmptn]

Put the following in your .htaccess

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ [domain.com...] [R=permanent,L]

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ [domain.com...] [R=301,L]

[minnapple]

Do a page by page 301 via .htacces.
It will not change the pr in the toolbar until the next update, but it should shorten the time that you lose positioning.