Best Method To Redirect An Old Index.htm/home.htm

[Norman]

I had a index.html and a home.htm in my website. Now I have an index.php. Google webmaster tool in the scan errors says that these pages aren't founded on my server: index.html and home.htm. Then, wich is the best method to redirect this html pages in my new index.php? I'd like to know the best method for search engines.

[real_illusions]

As your using .php, then I presume your on an apache server.Best way is to use .htaccess and a 301 redirect. This tells the SE's that this file has been permantly moved to this new place or file. Anyone that tries to access your old files will automagically be redirected to the new file too.

Edited March 4, 2010 by real_illusions

[Norman]

The problem is that the hosting plan is a really older one. And it doesn't support htaccess.