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Should I link to splash page or not?

Mysite.com is PR 4 but my main page grayed in google's toolbar

         

silverbytes

9:54 pm on Jul 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



The question:

Should I linke to my home page mysite.com? (is PR4 now but it is a splash page)

Reason: loads fast and I can describe my site well. While my main page where the real content is ranks 0....

In the other hand I don't want to link to mysite.com/mymainpage because site is growing up and future directories and pages will change....

But is it a bad strategie to link to my splash page?
Opinions?

Thanks!

korkus2000

5:22 pm on Jul 21, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



In the future you will always have mysite.com so I think you should place your link there. Have you considered removing the splash page? They can be a problem for PR and user experience.

rogerd

1:49 am on Jul 23, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Administrator 10+ Year Member



I agree with Korkus - there have been some good recent discussions of why splash pages are terrible for both users and search engines. Better to redesign now. And I agree that your links should point to the domain root which will never change.

Time to figure out how to create an index page that describes your site well and provides easy gateways to your content areas...