I have domains that have a / on the end and no / what is correct

[Caffeine_Marketing]

Hi have a number of links going to 2 different pages

https://www.caffeienmarketing.co.uk/bristol

and

https://www.caffeienmarketing.co.uk/bristol/  (with a / on the end).  they both have different PA and links are being reported separately to both (this issue goes right through my website.

What should teh default be, how do I fix it and how do I get the benefit of both sets of links for one of the pages?

thanks

[Caffeine_Marketing]

as you will see there are 2 versions of most pages.  My home page favours the non slash

[abtechgroup]

I can't get to either, including with spelling "caffein" so can't help you - different content on each? If same content then I think setting a canonical tag will help? Adrian

[WebQuest]

Hi Carrie,

Your CMS should be able to handle the trailing "/" on your website and provide consistency across all pages.  If not, I would advise you to check with your developers on handling this.

You can also do the following since both pages are treated "differently"

• Identify which version of the page you want to have as your main one. The one with a hight PA would probably be better.

• Have all your internal & menu links point the page you identified as being the main one.

• Once you've chosen your primary version, configure the Canonical element of the other page to point to this page.

Hope that helps!

[JordanLowry]

Hey Carrie,

The first thing I would do is figure out which version is already indexed by Google or like other Mozzers have stated pick the version with the higher page authority according to Moz.

Also, in the event, your CMS doesn't handle the trailing slash issue you can update your Htaccess file to set up dynamic redirects to whichever version you prefer.

Daniel Morell has a good guide on htaccess SEO specifically there's a section on how to force trailing slash within the htaccess file.

Good luck