SEO/Google Happy Main Page Redirect

[Richiedude]

Instead of my main page going to www.mysite.com/index.php I want it, when www.mysite.com is entered, to go to www.mysite.com/updates/index.php
(I want that to be the homepage/default page, if you will)

What is the best & proper search engine (& google happy) way to do that?

[NogDog]

If on an Apache web server, you could use a mod_rewrite rule in a .htaccess file to do the redirection.

[Kravvitz]

Wouldn't it be better to use a 302 or 301 redirect?

http://www.internetofficer.com/seo/302-redirect/
http://www.internetofficer.com/seo/301-redirect/

[LeeU]

You could use this:

Redirect 301 / http://www.mysite.com/updates/index.php

[ellanab]

Take a look at this tutorial:

http://www.graphixsbydesign.com/gbdcontent/Web-Design-Tutorials/htaccess-redirect-to-sub-directory.html