URL Capitalization important?

IslanderMark

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When i started my site I didnt think about capitalization in the URL. Now I am in kinda deep and do not want to change anything up. Can this be affecting the SEO of the site or does it have no real effect on the performance of the site itself?

Mine: mysite.com/Test/here while like 99% of the time i see mysite.com/test/here

Also, to get to the pages on my site the file extensions need to be inserted into the URL otherwise it will not find the page. I didn't want to have it like that but I had a weird issue where I couldn't get it to redirect when users do not enter the extension. Does this affect anything?
 
Capital letters in a URL mean that there are characters in the link that are capitalized. It's probably more common for you to encounter lowercase characters, specifically letters, in a URL. Where you place the capital letters in the link matters the most and can significantly affect the redirection of the page.
 
Has minimal direct impact on SEO performance as search engines like Google treat URLs case-insensitively for ranking purposes. Using consistent lowercase URLs is recommended to avoid potential duplicate content issues and user confusion. Standardizing to lowercase URLs can help maintain a cleaner, more user-friendly structure. If you need to transition, use 301 redirects.
 
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