Will page REFRESH commands cause rejection by spiders?

[tomw1944]

My Web Page Creator (WebEasy Professional) always creates an "index.html" that simply REFRESHES viewers to my home page.

Will this cause spiders to not reject my page?

I have been advised by others to delete to the index.html file and replace it with a renamed copy of my home page. That is, rename a copy of my home page to "index.html"

Will having 2 pages (my home page and the index.html) containing exactly the same script cause spiders to reject my page?

Tom

[Marcia]

>>always creates an "index.html"

And what is your homepage called, and where is it? It really doesn't make sense that your program would be creating duplicate pages, but it's never a good idea.

If someone links to your homepage, what would the back_link look like? Would it show as a link to that page (whatever it's called) or index.html?

[tomw1944]

Marcia,

To answer your questions:

The home page file is automatically named "wdpes533_001.html". The "wdpes533" is my local site identifier. The successive pages are named wdpes533_002.html, etc.

All the files are located in the root directory for my web site.

The program does not create a duplicate file as "index.html". It creates and displays a thumbnail view of the home page that quickly refreshes to the home page.

There is no back_link to the index file. Once refreshed to the home page there is no link back to the index file.

Does this help to understand my problem?

Tom