Google dropping our /index.html on review pages? - GoFuckYourself.com

Socks · 05-29-2009, 06:12 PM

Our version of the page that we link to:

http://www.adultsitesurfer.com/revie...ens/index.html

Toolbar says this page is PR3 (which is highly weird, 99% of our review pages are grey or white with no PR showing for years now)

Yet when I find this review in the Google serps:

Shackled Maidens review (shackledmaidens)
Read a thorough and accurate Shackled Maidens review.
www.adultsitesurfer.com/review/shackled-maidens/ - 17k - Cached - Similar pages

They don't link to the index.html version. When you visit from Google, that page they link to has the grey 0 PR on the bar.

Our sitemap lists the page with index.html, as do all of our links on our site.

<loc>
http://www.adultsitesurfer.com/revie...ens/index.html
</loc>

Should we be redirecting the / to index.html or something?

Socks · 05-29-2009, 07:30 PM

Anyone?

My thread about voa being a useless poster gets 25 responses in 10 minutes, and this one that I need a response to gets buried.. ;)

Porn Producer · 05-29-2009, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Socks

Anyone?

My thread about voa being a useless poster gets 25 responses in 10 minutes, and this one that I need a response to gets buried.. ;)

thats because no one understands what the fuck you're babbling about

mmcfadden · 05-29-2009, 08:10 PM

Every link I clicked in the original post showed no rating on google

spacedog · 05-29-2009, 08:18 PM

both showing as unranked for me

Socks · 05-29-2009, 08:29 PM

Weird same for me now too.. I triple checked the first time too, because it was so odd.

Anyways the PR bar is irrelevant, that page does show up in google regardless.

So does it matter that we use /index.html but google is linking to / ?

beta-tester · 05-30-2009, 03:42 AM

the deal is that google is not 'stupid' and knows that index.php is the same as / . That's why it just links to / . However you shouldn't link directly to index.* because it's not a good practice. Always link to root level of certain directory (or generated/rewritten page). As you can see it doesn't much matter (because anyway google will pick up the right link).

StarkReality · 05-30-2009, 05:54 AM

.htaccess is your friend, you are already rewriting the non-www version to www, do it accordingly with the index.php/.html files.

http://www.adultsitesurfer.com/index.php
http://www.adultsitesurfer.com

See the PR difference? You are creating duplicate content on your site this way and unfortunately google is that stupid and may rank your worse for it in contrast to what beta-tester says...but what's definitely right: linking to index files instead of / is bad practice.

V_RocKs · 05-30-2009, 10:11 AM

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05-29-2009, 06:12 PM	#1
Socks Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 8,475	Google dropping our /index.html on review pages? Our version of the page that we link to: http://www.adultsitesurfer.com/revie...ens/index.html Toolbar says this page is PR3 (which is highly weird, 99% of our review pages are grey or white with no PR showing for years now) Yet when I find this review in the Google serps: Shackled Maidens review (shackledmaidens) Read a thorough and accurate Shackled Maidens review. www.adultsitesurfer.com/review/shackled-maidens/ - 17k - Cached - Similar pages They don't link to the index.html version. When you visit from Google, that page they link to has the grey 0 PR on the bar. Our sitemap lists the page with index.html, as do all of our links on our site. <loc> http://www.adultsitesurfer.com/revie...ens/index.html </loc> Should we be redirecting the / to index.html or something?

05-30-2009, 03:42 AM	#7
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05-29-2009, 07:30 PM	#2
Socks Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 8,475	Anyone? My thread about voa being a useless poster gets 25 responses in 10 minutes, and this one that I need a response to gets buried.. ;)

05-29-2009, 08:10 PM	#4
mmcfadden So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: philly Posts: 5,099	Every link I clicked in the original post showed no rating on google

05-29-2009, 08:18 PM	#5
spacedog Yes that IS me. Bitch. Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 14,149	both showing as unranked for me

05-29-2009, 08:29 PM	#6
Socks Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 8,475	Weird same for me now too.. I triple checked the first time too, because it was so odd. Anyways the PR bar is irrelevant, that page does show up in google regardless. So does it matter that we use /index.html but google is linking to / ?

05-30-2009, 05:54 AM	#8
StarkReality Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: 4 8 15 16 23 42 Posts: 4,444	.htaccess is your friend, you are already rewriting the non-www version to www, do it accordingly with the index.php/.html files. http://www.adultsitesurfer.com/index.php http://www.adultsitesurfer.com See the PR difference? You are creating duplicate content on your site this way and unfortunately google is that stupid and may rank your worse for it in contrast to what beta-tester says...but what's definitely right: linking to index files instead of / is bad practice.

05-30-2009, 10:11 AM	#9
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