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    • advertisingcloud
      advertisingcloud last edited by

      Hello, Im a bit confused. If i use a tool like majestic to look at my website links, www.example.com and www.example.com**/ have huge difference in their authority.** Do i need to make a 301 redirect to the site with the splash or not? Will google itself understand that they are my main site?

      Is this the "http://www.website.com.com/"/> correct canonical? Meaning it has trailing splash and also

      RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.com [NC]
      RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/$1 [L,R=301]  - this one has trailing splash, correct?

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      • Alick300
        Alick300 last edited by

        Hi,

        Please check this old thread on similar topic @ https://moz.com/community/q/will-removing-the-trailing-slash-impact-my-seo

        Thanks

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          • advertisingcloud
            advertisingcloud last edited by

            James, I think you are totally incorrect. You can not remove the training splash from your homepage. And all the canonical tags should also include that I'm pretty sure. (I mean here the homepage canonical)

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