I haven't read all of the SEO advice given in this topic, only the responses regarding the 301 issue I mentioned previously.
Here's an article that touches on the 301 index redirect issue:
http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/re...blog-root.html
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WordPress blogs show the same duplicate content for http://www.askapache.com/index.php and http://www.askapache.com/. If you’ve read about using a robots.txt file for WordPress SEO, than you already understand this setup results in Duplicate Content penalties being levied against your Blog and Web Site by Search Engines.
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Google's Matt Cutts touches on it:
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-ad...onicalization/
Google's Adam Lasnik on the issue:
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Be consistent: Endeavor to keep your internal linking consistent; don't link to /page/ and /page and /page/index.htm.
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http://googlewebmastercentral.blogsp...e-content.html
This is an issue where it isn't going to harm her by adding the 301, but most certainly can help her. Why not do it?