SEO and Google Analytics and index.php

[ptrouw]

Hi,
In the global configuration, I have an SEO-friendly URL and URL rewriting, and no suffix. I have a multi-lingual website so, / is English and I also have /de and /nl.
If I look at the Google Analytics stats it shows me /index.php and / as a result pages. Both are the root folder of the English language.
How can I get rite of this /index.php? Should I redirect this in htaccess?

[Rondeb]

Hi,

is it already solved?

You have renamed htacces.txt to .htaccess?

And outside of Google, when you go to your site, the index.php isn't there?

Groeten Ron

[ptrouw]

Hi Ron, no not solved. Yes, I have renamed htaccess, and yes normally the index.php is not showing. It is only listed in Google Analytics.

[seotoronto]

Try to do 301 from all index.php pages to the main one.

[ptrouw]

I will try

[uebloak]

Hello this is Gulshan Negi
Well, there are several ways to do this. However, you can also use a 301 redirect in your .htaccess file to redirect visitors who request the "/index.php" URL to the root directory "/".
Hope it can help you.
Thanks

Hello, I'm intrested by your proposal to redirect "/index.php" request to "/". Can you detail the correct RewriteRule to add to .htaccess file.

I already find a good line to add it. I'm just not confortable with the syntax yet....

[changlee]

Does the RewriteRule work?

[Webdongle]

That rewrite rule is already in Joomla's .htaccess
I use https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/osmap/ and submit the site map to google https://developers.google.com/search
No index.php is listed in google for my website

[Davidsmith89]

Yes, you can use a redirect in your .htaccess file to remove the /index.php from your URLs. Here's an example of the code you can add to your .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s(.*)/index\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]
This code will redirect any requests for the /index.php page to the root directory of your website. This should fix the issue of the /index.php appearing in your Google Analytics stats.

Additionally, make sure that your website's internal links are also updated to point to the new URLs without the /index.php. This will ensure that visitors and search engines are directed to the correct pages.