Quick SEO Questions

Marketing
1

My site’s homepage is index.php. When linking to this page, which is these URLs is best from an SEO standpoint?:

  1. http://www.mysite.com
  2. http://www.mysite.com/
  3. http://www.mysite.com/index.php

Also, I have a number of extension-less PHP scripts that run via ForceType. For example, a script called ‘news’. Which of these URLs would be ideal?:

  1. http://www.mysite.com/news
  2. http://www.mysite.com/news/

Thanks!

2

And if for some reason you did make the mistake of having multiple URLs make sure you Specify your Canonical.

3

Neither is “best”, but to prevent unnecessary duplication choose one method and stick to it.