example.com Replaced With example.com/index.php

[markmarkymark]

Hi...

In google I have ranked quite well (in first 5 or so) with my website listed as mysite.com with a PR of 5.

Recently, since about 6 January, it has dropped in the ranking and google will only list as : mysite.com/Index.php (this has a PR of 4).

Firstly, are the two above treated as different 'pages' as far as google is concerned. I would assume they do since they have different PR...

Secondly, any idea why it is going this?

cheers

MArk

[markmarkymark]

this effect is still occuring ...

Its almost as if one of my internal pages is ranking higher than my index page. Therefore that internal page is linked to index.php so the address is mysite.com/index.php.

Google seems to have logged that page rather than as the site root?

odd!

Mark

[steveb]

I don't understand the second post but if you link to www.example.com/index.php that will get indexed.

Don't. Just link to www.example.com/

[BigDave]

Are you using some sort of CMS or blog software?

I noticed this issue with Geeklog (blog software), and changed the code to always point to the directory instead of directory/index.php just for this reason.

The odds are very good that it is links on other pages on your site that are causing this problem, not links from any other site.

[markmarkymark]

Dear All

Many thanks for reply so far ...

Actually I wonder if its my custom error page. If a surfer (or spider) hits on a bad page (e.g. not longer available) it will take them to a custom error page. I have used absolute links on that page, I wonder if that could be the problem then?

many thanks

Mark