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Originally Posted by geebee  why's that then? |
In any directory, the URL "index.html" is different to "/" and if a search engine finds the same content at both addresses it will divide the ranking between them - a duplicate content issue.
So, for example, when linking back to your site root (index page) you should not specify a filename, and I would always redirect any inbound links of that sort in my .htaccess configuration.
Here endeth the seminar.
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