Index.php duplicate content

[klsdnflksdnvl]

Hi, new here.

Im looking for some help with htaccess file.

index.php is showing duplicate content errors with:

mysite.com/index.php

mysite.com/

mysite.com

ive managed to use the following code to remove the www part of the url:

IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

but how can i redirect the mysite.com/index.php and mysite.com/ to mysite.com.

Please help

[TextMarketing]

<code>## hide .php extension # To externally redirect /dir/foo.php to /dir/foo RewriteCond%{THE_REQUEST}^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\.php [NC]RewriteRule^%1[R,L,NC]</code>

[KristinaKledzik]

Hey David,

Just wanted to follow up with you on this - did TextMarketing's method work?

[klsdnflksdnvl]

Hi Kristina,

No unfortunately my question was misunderstood.

It wasn't the file extension i was looking to hide.

I was looking to redirect mysite.com/index.php to mysite.com/ or mysite.com via an htaccess file.

Im currently working through distilled's online course (nice course btw) , I was hoping to get an answer here :http://www.distilled.net/u/technical/#technical-duplicate-content, (Homepage Canonicalization), but i couldnt find one

This is not a critical question, as im just tinkering around on friends sites, but i would like to learn this.

Unfortunately my free seomoz trial runs out today and im waiting until I have completed distilled's course's before i renew my moz subscription, so i can make better use of moz  tools, so i may not be able to see your reply.

Is it cool to tweet @ you?

[KristinaKledzik]

Once your trial runs out, you won't be able to respond, but at least you'll still be able to see my answer!

I think you can use the .htaccess file redirect command:

Redirect 301 /location/from/root/file.ext http://www.othersite.com/new/file/location.xyz

So, it should be:

Redirect 301 /index.php http://mysite.com

Redirect 301 / http://mysite.com

If that doesn't work, here's someone with the same problem on StackExchange.

P.S. Glad you like the Distilled course.

[klsdnflksdnvl]

Great thankyou so much.

Also another interesting person to follow on twitter

[KristinaKledzik]

Of course! Glad I could help.