Will have /index in my url hurt?

[EcommerceSite]

I am trying to setup permalinks on a wordpress blog that is installed on iis. I can't update the web.config file so I have to make every page /index/pagetitle. as shown here-http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#PATHINFO:_.22Almost_Pretty.22

How much of a difference is there between no /index and having the /index in there?

[RyanPurkey]

Hi OP. It's a common behavior that won't hurt your URLs, and it's worth having more control over the rest of the URL than not, so if that's your only option I'd recommend using it.

[evolvingSEO]

Hi

As Ryan said, if it's the only option it's OK to do. It won't hurt your SEO abilities.