Where should the link on the company's logo go?

Question

I'm wondering if the link on the company logo, which usually goes the home page, should be:

• http://www.example.com
• http://www.example.com/index.html (or other index file)
• /index.html (or other index file)
• / (just the root)

Does Google care or are there other rules?

Answer 1

A or D.

Hard coding the full path in removes flexibility - let the web server or the app config handle what the default is.

(iirc google doesn't care any more than it would for any other link)