301 Redirect
 

what would be the best way to 301 redirect domain.com/ to domain.com/index2.html

has to be google friendly too... i have some htaccess ones in front of me but i am unsure how good that piece of code is

would appreciate it

thanks

preferable mod rewite way

I wouldn't use Rewirte for this. Try this
RedirectPermanent /index.html http://domain.com/index2.html
in a .htaccess or in httpd.conf file.