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Trailing Slash or no Trailing Slash - Which is Better for SEO??

by BethOconnell
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I must say I read quite a lot about this online but now even more confused!

Talking in terms of setting up directory paths and also being consistent with link building. From what I read it's better to use the trailing slash because search engines display that.

So my questions:
1) So is trailing slash or no trialing slash better for performance/link building?
e.g http://www.website.com or http://www.website.com/

2) which of these 2 would be better:
http://www.website.com/red-garment-socks/ or
http://www.website.com/red-garment-socks.html


Want to get this clarified!

Thx!
#seo #slash #trailing
  • Profile picture of the author Fixers
    Honestly, this really does not matter in the slightest. Just make sure whaterver your website address displays then use that, so if it has .html .php then include this.

    Try not to get too caught up in this and just get building sites, links and getting those rankings
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    • Profile picture of the author BethOconnell
      Originally Posted by Fixers View Post

      Honestly, this really does not matter in the slightest. Just make sure whaterver your website address displays then use that, so if it has .html .php then include this.

      Try not to get too caught up in this and just get building sites, links and getting those rankings
      I'm sorry that is definitely the wrong answer no two ways about it - just google online and you will see.
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  • Profile picture of the author jsmichael6
    It does not make huge impact , To get detail information on this Google's Matt Cutts on Redirects, Trust + More - Whiteboard Friday | SEOmoz
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      It does not make any difference with the slash because this
      is 2012. It's the same page.

      As for as the other examples, without an extension like .html,
      php, etc., it looks more like a subfolder and not a webpage.

      There are reasons why .htm, .html, .php, etc are tacked
      on at the end. Sometimes servers are setup to auto add them.

      Paul
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