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how to remove the index.html and index.php files from urls

[abhishekmishra]

How to remove the index.html and index.php files from Urls.
does it's effect on SERP?

[experienced]

yes it may effect your serp if spider can find both the versions. if your site is static, and this is the root index, you can simply use "/" on all the places where you have written index.html this way there would not be any link to your index.html

if yur site is dynamic using php, you can try doing through htaccess file simply 301 redirect index.html to your main domain.com

[phranque]

these are all the steps you should take:
- configure your server to specify the default directory index document(s), such as [index.html,index.php]
- refer to all directories using the trailing-slash url for all internal links and navigation.
- as experienced mentioned, your server should respond to any requests for default directory index documents with a 301 status code and a Location: header referring to the trailing-slash url.
this is most easily accomplished with mod_rewrite directives in the .htaccess file.

[g1smd]

The first part of this thread from only yesterday contains the code you need: [webmasterworld.com...]

[abhishekmishra]

Hi Experienced,
Thanks for your very informative reply...! :)