[Question] Wordpress Permalink Structure
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safeSEOboost
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"/" or not at the end of URL does not matter.I have left it like this when I have created the site and now I want to remove the unnecessary "/" at the end.
My question is - will it affect the whole site? Will Google consider the new URLs without "/" at the end as brand new URLs?
sir.rankalot
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it doesn't matter, dont worry
venturetrade
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can you show us an example of existing url? just the syntax, you can erase the domain name.
when the browser is the one that's adding the "/" at the end it has no significance, but if what you have configured is adding an additional "/" statically, then yes, it would affect your urls.
when the browser is the one that's adding the "/" at the end it has no significance, but if what you have configured is adding an additional "/" statically, then yes, it would affect your urls.
Myst3ry
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Well, that was my question.
I have set it up in the begining so that the URLs are
domain.com/post/So, I want them to be
domain.com/postwithout getting anything affected.
I have made the change today, should I revert it?
goflippa
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No need. It doesn't hurt your ranking.
venturetrade
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I understand, that's why I've said, show me an example of a link that was generated in this syntax.
Anyway, keep it or delete it, it makes no difference.
It's usually being set when you have additional variables.
for example
Code:
/%category%/%postname%/Anyway, you can just leave it as it is and you have nothing to be troubled over, again, the "/" is insignificant unless there is something that follows.
hakli
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Well As I can see these are trailing slash and non trailing slash and what have read that Google will treat it a new URL. Plus when you are going to remove slash I think it will affect your whole site. Most seo's for trailing slash.
example: example.com/posts/
&& example.com/best-this-this-that/
This is different from this:
example.com/posts
&& example.com/best-this-this-that
venturetrade
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Allow me to further explain,
this is not an seo problem, that's how web servers behave.
it becomes an seo issue if you aren't managing your website/web server appropriately.
to further explain,
Historically, the trailing slash in a url is representing folder/directory.
so it's possible to have both a page with the url of https://mydomain.com/example
and a folder on the webserver named "example" under the root of www https://mydomain.com/example/
google will index them both, which will cause a conflict in page ranking and index duplication.
the proper way to manage this is by using 301/404 and avoiding duplication if possible.
so to sum it up, no one gives a damn about the trailing slash as a single factor, it's about how it's being used.
Myst3ry
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Yes, I was confused because "/" is acting like opening a new folder but I don't have anything after that in the URLs so I wasn't sure.