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/index.php in sitemap? take it out?

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RogersSEO last edited by

Hi Everyone,

The following was automatically generated at xml-sitemaps.com

Should I get rid of the index.php url from my sitemap? If so, how do I go about redirecting it in my htaccess ?

<url><loc>http://www.mydomain.ca/</loc></url>
<url><loc>http://www.mydomain.ca/index.php</loc></url>

thank you in advance,

Martin
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RogersSEO last edited by

Thanks guys, I appreciate it!
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Getz.pro last edited by

I agree with Donnie, remove it and do a redirect. Caution as some servers don't like this type of redirect as it sees it as circular so test it.
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DonnieCooper last edited by

I would remove it from your sitemap... and be sure to 301 redirect one of them to the other.

(I'd redirect /index.php to http://www.mydomain.ca)

Does this help Martin?
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