John Swindells

Do you end your URLs in a forward-slash (/) or not, and does it matter?

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"Apparently without the / the URL is invalid however browsers are able to
cope and redirect . "
That is so so so wrong! The redirect will be triggered by the server hosting the requested page behind the URL. So not having a trailing / at the end of your links would mean double requests for your server and therefore, lower performance with the same resources.

by Bogdanpop 2 years ago

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As we are aware that our website is initially saved in same hierarchy structure as we can see in windows explorer i.e. Folders and sub folders ... "/" denotes the hierarchy level in the URL for example if the URL showing "designreviver.com/" denotes visiting the root directory folder as one "/" is present and "designreviver.com/answers/" denotes visiting sub-folder answers of the website .... And it is initial part of the web URL should not be skipped ...

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@glynthomas tweeted this answer (thanks for this):

Apparently without the / the URL is invalid,
browsers are able to cope and redirect. This is what I was advised.  Google will count both url's separate pages when
it comes to link juice.

by John Swindells 2 years ago

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Apparently without the / the URL is invalid however browsers are able to cope and redirect . Google will count both url's separate pages when it comes to link juice.

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If I start URL with http:// then at the end I always write /: www.google.com
In case I start URL with www., there is no / at the end: Www.google.com.

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