Homepage

The homepage of a website is the main page. The domain name points to the homepage. Other pages within the site contain the domain name plus their individual subdirectory names and file name. The homepage is usually the most-viewed page of a website, so it usually ranks higher on search engines (it has a higher PageRank score).

The homepage is the front of the store, the cover of the book, or the reception area in an office. The purpose of a homepage is to welcome website visitors, tell them what the site is about (visually as well as with words), and give a menu list of places to go, resources, and other links within the website. An effective homepage gives a well-organized index (often as a navigation bar) and allows easy navigation throughout the site.

A Homepage's URL often ends in the domain name extension (such as .org, .com, .edu, or .uk), although the Homepage may end in index.htm. Most homepages

Homepages are also called the Main Page, front page, main web page, the web server directory index, or the home page (with the words separated). Initially, the term Homepage referred to the entire website (as in, "check out our homepage for a complete list of services"). Homepage is still used to refer to the entire website in several countries, including Germany, Japan, and South Korea. In the US, the term website came into use in the 1990s, while Homepage became a specific term for the main navigational page of a website.

Home page also refers to the default page a web browser automatically loads when a web browser starts up.