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How should I be linking to my site..

by essex14
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I have a site ranked on the first page.. I was linkinging to it as

mysite.com/blog

in google it looks like... mysite.com/blog/

When I went to wbmaster tools and fetched my site as a googlebot it comes back as mysite.com/blog redirecting to mysite.com/blog/

So should I start linking using the / sign or continue not using it...

I am confused because google bot fetches mysite.com/blog/ as ok... but I have been linking mysit.com/blog...

Thanks
#linking #site
  • Profile picture of the author dburk
    Hi essex14,

    Go with the trailing slash as a best practice.
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  • Profile picture of the author essex14
    So you're saying start linking as mysite.com/blog/

    My rankings shouldn't change not using the slash like I was?
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    • Profile picture of the author dburk
      Hi essex14,

      Canonicalization issues can have serious repercussions on your SEO efforts.

      Google can handle the redirect to the proper URL, but there is a cost due to the decay factor. A properly formatted URL will contain a trailing slash or a valid file name (with extension). Google is indexing the proper URL, you need to backlink the proper URL to get maximum link juice from your backlinks.
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  • Profile picture of the author essex14
    Ok thanks dburk, how would I in the future know right off the bat which url to link to..
    and if I should use the slash..?
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