Index.html and Index.php Duplicate Content?

[cieanfie]

I have a static (html) site that I have just converted over to be dynamic (php). I have mod_rewrites on every page so in the eyes of the search engines all my pages are still the same.

However, what do I do about my index file?

If I have a mod_rewrite that says when looking for index.html go get index.php. But with www.mysite.com the page that is indexed by the search engines will be INDEX.PHP right (on my server .php is used before index.html if both present).

Since Google has my site indexed under index.html will this not cause duplicate content problems when Google now visits and pulls up INDEX.PHP as my home page?

Thanks so much.

[sbonline]

I think you need to check with a PHP guru on this one, but once the page is cached you can probably get rid of the old HTML file, provided it is no longer in use.

Try getting the homepage cached again by submitting a sitemap before you make any changes and see if that solves the problem.

Hope this helps.