Linkbuilding: slash at the end of link?

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Is there a difference if I have "/" at the end of the link? Are http://www.mydomain.com and http://www.mydomain.com/ considered as different links by Google? So, should I always have my link in one format (with or without the slash)?
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  • I'm curious about this too. I noticed that when I land on a page, it almost always has the "/" at the end of the URL and it gets put there automatically.

    I would think that linkbuilding with or without the slash wouldn't matter, but I'm not sure.
  • i am pretty sure it doesn't matter.
  • For root level it doesn't matter. If you more cursor over both the urls you will notice / is automatically added at the end of the http://www.mydomain.com

    For sub pages google will treat url with slash and and without slash differently.

    Here's an example

    http://twitter.com/shoemoney/ No Pagerank

    http://twitter.com/shoemoney (removing the slash) shows pagerank 7
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    • wow..just learned something new!
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    • excellent observation


  • If it was me, I would be 100% consistent with how you link. Either link with the slash or not. There is no reason not to.

    Tom
  • Doesn't matter, like said above don't be consistent with your linking. Use 80/20 rule for each page.
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    • Whoa, who suggested that?

      Someone should use the same URL for backlinks. If you use a slash, use a slash every time you backlink that page. If you don't use a slash, don't use a slash every time you backlink that page.

      Why would you want to potentially split up backlink juice like that?
  • it will affect google crawling
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    • I've had some people tell me it was important, other say it doesn't matter. I haven't really noticed a difference as people link to my sites both ways and they seem to count.
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    Linkbuilding: slash at the end of link?

    Is there a difference if I have "/" at the end of the link? Are http://www.mydomain.com and http://www.mydomain.com/ considered as different links by Google? So, should I always have my link in one format (with or without the slash)?