Redirecting root url to home page

[vanadiumtech Profile]

I'm hacking my way through this, and would greatly appreciate your feedback.

In order to prevent duplicate content issues I would like to permanently redirect my root domain to the default page in the site

i.e http://www.site.com & site.com ---> to http://www.site.com/defualt.aspx

I already have an .htaccess file setup with the following code, which address another issue I faced a while back.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} (on)?
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Host} ^(?!www\.)(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)?
RewriteRule ^(.*)(eurl.axd/.*)$ http(?%1s)://www\.%2/$1 [R=301,L]

What should be added to the file?

[HeliconAndrew]

Hello,

There's one that redirects non-www to www version:

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RewriteCond %{HTTPS} (on)?
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Host} ^(?!www\.)(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)
RewriteRule .? http(?%1s)://www.%2%3 [R=301,L]

and there's one to redirect to default.aspx

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RewriteRule ^$ /default.aspx [NC,R=301,L]

Regards
Andrew

[tidaltides Profile]

This is only for version 3.0, right? Thanks.

[HeliconAndrew]

It also works in Ape.

[ChickPea Profile]

Hello,

There's one that redirects non-www to www version:

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RewriteCond %{HTTPS} (on)?
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Host} ^(?!www\.)(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)
RewriteRule .? http(?%1s)://www.%2%3 [R=301,L]

and there's one to redirect to default.aspx

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RewriteRule ^$ /default.aspx [NC,R=301,L]

Regards
Andrew

Is this more efficient than the IIS default-document process?

[HeliconAndrew]

It is a substitution, I wouldn't say it's more or less efficient.

Regards
Andrew