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Directory Submission - which is right?

Discussion in 'Directories' started by tptnyc, Nov 11, 2006.

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    tptnyc, Nov 11, 2006 IP
  2. romow

    romow Peon

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    As far as I know, trailing slash makes no difference from seo perspective, but it does reduce server load (since there's no redirect involved). I always add it with all my directory submissions to reduce my server load.

    Google also uses it, so why not use it yourself?
    (I don't understand why yahoo/msn does not follow suits)...
     
    romow, Nov 11, 2006 IP
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    What do you server load, and how that can effect my site?
     
    Hiops, Nov 11, 2006 IP
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    Without the trailing slash, browser and web server would need an additional handshake betn them to retrieve a correct default document (e.g., index.html, index.php, etc) from the root directory. This means the server needs to process an additional http request..
     
    romow, Nov 11, 2006 IP
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    I'm not sure of all the technical jargon but go with the trailing slash. Google can see

    www.whatever.com

    and

    www.whatever.com/

    as actual seperate sites at least with Pagerank.
     
    donttrustthisposter, Nov 12, 2006 IP
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  7. romow

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    If you are aiming for PR, building backlinks to domain.com/ will automatically pass PR to /index.php, but not the other way around. So I wouldn't build backlinks to /index.htm.
     
    romow, Nov 12, 2006 IP
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    Good answer! :)
    You get rep from me. :D
     
    dvduval, Nov 12, 2006 IP
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    I think your browser will automatically put in a trailing slash for you.

    In my directory I don't allow it and manually add it in.
     
    adnan, Nov 12, 2006 IP
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    I always add the slash. save some load.
     
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    romow:
    If you are aiming for PR, building backlinks to domain.com/ will automatically pass PR to /index.php, but not the other way around. So I wouldn't build backlinks to /index.htm.

    Thanks;
    Will it hurt if you build back links both for domain.com/
    and /index.php?
     
    tptnyc, Nov 13, 2006 IP
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    I guess building backlinks to those two urls separately would split the page strength of the main site between the two. Why would do that if you are spending money on link building? If I were you, I would instead build backlinks to different internal pages (e.g., domain.com/internal1/). Good luck,
     
    romow, Nov 13, 2006 IP
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    thanks romow: It surely makes sense.
     
    tptnyc, Nov 14, 2006 IP