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    • theshortstack
      theshortstack last edited by

      Hi there,

      Can anyone let me know what I need to add to my .htaccess file to make sure that the trailing slash on my domain gets redirected to my main domain name.

      For example, at the moment Google is seeing my primary domain as follows:

      http://www.mydomain.com

      http://www.mydomain.com/

      I thought I'd covered off all possible duplication penalities but it look as though I've still got one left!

      Thanks very much for your help,

      Simon

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      • webfeatseo
        webfeatseo last edited by

        I think this will remove

        RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?domain.com$ [NC]
        RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

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        • Dr-Pete
          Dr-Pete last edited by

          If it's just the home-page, it might be easier safer to put a canonical tag on it. A canonical on the home-page can help sweep up weird variants (which are coming). If you got the htaccess route, just test it thoroughly. It can be really tough to write rewrites for other people's sites (without knowing specifics or testing). That said, I think @webfeatseo is on the right track.

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