Why in the world are you forwarding to a subdirectory? It
doesn't make sense to me. You should name your first page
index.html or default.html. These are standard titles that are
accepted by browsers and servers. Each additional page should be
named something relative for you to understand such as a keyword
or phrase.
Don't worry about AltaVista. It is a has been engine. You need
to focus on Google. You will get 5-10 times the traffic from
Google.
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