site home not at site root index

site home not at site root index - If a page has internal and external outgoing links to redirecting URLs, it’s returning 3xx (301, 302, etc.) HTTP status codes standing for redirection. This issue means that the page does not exist on a permanent or temporary basis. It appears on most of the popular web browsers, usually caused by a misconfigured website. However, there are some steps you can take to ensure the issue isn’t on your side. You can find more details about redirecting URLs by reading the Google Search Central overview. In this article, we’ll go over how you can fix the site home not at site root index error on your web browser. Problem :

I have an SEO concern with a website that has just finished the development stage, basically the site has been in progress for a year. During this period the site has been accessible from the URL: /home/index.php along with a landing page (construction) at: /

It is time to launch and I need to know what to do. Should I go through the site and change all links to the homepage to the site root index (where the construction page currently is), or can I do some form of redirecting that will not negatively effect SEO.

Can I 301 redirect /index.php to go to /home/ OR should I move the homepage content to /index.php and do a redirect on /home/index.php to point to the site root index.php

What is the best solution that is SEO friendly?

Solution :

The best solution in terms of SEO would be to ensure that your homepage loads at / (root) and all other possible variations redirect to / accordingly.

This of course depends on exactly what you have loading at / currently however and what platform / CMS your site sits on.

Typically, you would look to 301 redirect /index.php and /home and /home/index.php to / and ensure that your homepage content resides at /. All of which can be implemented via your root .htaccess on an Apache server. Then serve / (www.domain.com) as the canonical URL for your homepage.

If you require more depth to this answer, please advise what content is currently served in your site's root and what CMS / platform your site is using.

We hope that this article has helped you resolve the seo, google, redirects error in your web browsers. Enjoy browsing the internet uninterrupted!