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Is these URLs are considered as different URLS?


http://www.warriorforum.com

http://www.warriorforum.com/
#slash #trailing
  • Profile picture of the author guitarjosh
    Originally Posted by lingoway View Post

    Is these URLs are considered as different URLS?


    http://www.warriorforum.com

    http://www.warriorforum.com/
    Matt Cutts prefers the trailing slash: SEO advice: url canonicalization

    From a more technical standpoint, the trailing slash tells the server to use the default document list for that folder and load that page. Without it the server first looks for a matching document name, then a folder with that name and will then use default doc list, resolving to finally perform a redirect (302) to that document.

    so using the trailing slash saves a certain amount of server load and aids the speed the document will load.
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  • Profile picture of the author 1babywarrior
    generally no, however in some cases it can be considered different. as josh already mentioned, not using the slash will cause two requests, one for the one without then the redirect to the one with the slash.
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    • Profile picture of the author lingoway
      HI guitarjosh

      Thanks for your meaningful answer. NOw I am going to use one version of URL for my website.
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