Cleaning up /index.html on home page

[JSOC]

All,

What is the best way to deal with a home page that has the /index.html at the end of it? 301 redirect to the .com home page?

Just want to make sure I'm not missing something.

Thanks in advance.

[Maximise]

You should do both.

Implement the 301 to catch any link strength coming in from external pages and send it to your correct URL. Always link to your root URL in your internal navigation as linking to index.html and then relying on the 301 to redirect to the correct URL will leak a small amount of link juice every time.

[intSchools]

You should link internally as .com and not /index.html.

For example:

**["Anchor Text](index.html)**

Should be:

```
**[Anchor Text](http://www.example.com)**
```

```

If for some reason you cannot edit any internal links then 301 redirects will work.

Hope this helps!