Changing index.htm to default.asp

Should this be a big deal?

[roodle]

Hi,

I've recently revamped a site and in the process needed to change all pages to have the .asp extension. The old index.htm is now default.asp. which obviously works fine for browsers but will Google pick this change up without any fuss and bother? It's been up a week and no sign of changes in Google's cache - still showing the old index.htm. Do I need to do a redirect from the old index page? All the internal linking to the homepage is using simply the root "/" so there's no actual mention of "/default.asp" anywhere. Will google keep "looking" for "index.htm" or will it accept whatever page it is served at the address "www.mysite.com/"?

Thanks in advance.

[g1smd]

If you are linking to just "/" or to "www.domain.com/" then the server displays the index page - whatever it is called.

You do not need to make any more changes.

[roodle]

Ok but that's how I've done the linking in the new version. In the previous version there were explicit links to the /index.htm page. Does this matter?

Thanks for your reply

[g1smd]

You can set up a 301 redirect from /index.html to / if you want.

That will take care of things in a shorter timescale.