Slashes In Url's

[gregster1000]

If your cms has created two urls for the same piece of content that look like the following, www.domianname.com/stores and www.domianname.com/stores/, will this be seen as duplicate content by google? Your tools seem to pick it up as errors. Does one of the urls need 301 to the other to clear this up, or is it not a major problem?

Thanks.

[baptisteplace]

Hi gregster,

Your trailing slash does matter although this is not a major problem. To keep things clean, you should choose one format and redirect the other one with a 301.

You will find more informations about it :

http://www.ragepank.com/articles/68/that-trailing-slash-does-matter/

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-advice-url-canonicalization/

[wissamdandan]

Its not a major problem and Google is pretty smart to pick it up.

But to be safe is better to 301 redirect domainname.com/stores to domainname.com/stores/

Most of the popular CMS. have solution for this. what kinda of CMS ur using?

[gregster1000]

Thanks guys, it is magento.

[wissamdandan]

Oh great,

Check this post by Joost de Valk, it very good guide for SEO in magento

http://yoast.com/articles/magento-seo/

he meantions there is a plugin for canonicalization.

[gregster1000]

Thanks again, great work guys keep it up!