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Linkbuilding: slash at the end of link?

by mariusr
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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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  • Profile picture of the author J23
    Originally Posted by mariusr View Post

    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)?
    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.
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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
    i am pretty sure it doesn't matter.
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  • Profile picture of the author shaktimaan
    Originally Posted by mariusr View Post

    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)?
    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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    • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
      Originally Posted by shaktimaan View Post

      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

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

      Here's an example

      Jeremy Schoemaker (shoemoney) on Twitter No Pagerank

      Jeremy Schoemaker (shoemoney) on Twitter (removing the slash) shows pagerank 7
      wow..just learned something new!
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      • Profile picture of the author paulgl
        Originally Posted by GeorgR. View Post

        wow..just learned something new!
        Yeah. I second that.

        You need to know something about the structure of websites.

        Unless your site uses some strange structure, the slash is
        irrelevant.

        It's like asking, if my site is an index.php, do I build links
        to the .com, or the .com/index.php ?

        No difference. They all end up at the same page.

        As far as twitter goes, the slash on the end would need to
        mean something to the pr checker. It doesn't, so you get the N/A.

        But typing it in either way, goes to the correct twitter page.
        Twitter ignores it and sends it to the top directory page. The PR
        checker is looking for what's the next folder/file, so the speak. But those
        pages would be your tweets, followers, etc. which are meaningless
        as far as PR goes.

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        • Profile picture of the author shaktimaan
          Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

          It's like asking, if my site is an index.php, do I build links
          to the .com, or the .com/index.php ?

          No difference. They all end up at the same page.
          For users they are same. But for search engines these are two diferrerent pages. Specially with yahoo it is a big problem.

          Here is the official word on that.

          SEO advice: url canonicalization

          Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

          But typing it in either way, goes to the correct twitter page. Twitter ignores it and sends it to the top directory page.

          Paul
          Check again.
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    • Profile picture of the author arttse
      excellent observation


      Originally Posted by shaktimaan View Post

      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

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

      Here's an example

      Jeremy Schoemaker (shoemoney) on Twitter No Pagerank

      Jeremy Schoemaker (shoemoney) on Twitter (removing the slash) shows pagerank 7
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  • Profile picture of the author Tom Goodwin
    Originally Posted by mariusr View Post

    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)?
    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.

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  • Profile picture of the author chini
    Doesn't matter, like said above don't be consistent with your linking. Use 80/20 rule for each page.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tom Goodwin
      Originally Posted by chini View Post

      Doesn't matter, like said above don't be consistent with your linking. Use 80/20 rule for each page.
      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?
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  • Profile picture of the author karpetrefleksi
    it will affect google crawling
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