IIS 301 Redirect from "/index.html" to "/" for SEO Canonicalization

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Published on 2010-02-23T22:09:53Z Indexed on 2010/04/05 16:03 UTC
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I used the technique explained here for IIS (http://www.webconfs.com/how-to-redirect-a-webpage.php), but this appears to result in an infinite loop when applied to "/index.htm" and redirected to "/". Is there another way to do this in IIS so that it doesn't loop infinitely?

This page is static HTML, so I can't implement an ASP or ASP.net solution. Any ideas?

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