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difference between a domain name with slash (/) and without (/) in link building?

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    Is there any different effect between a domain name with slash (/) and without slash (/) in link building?
     
    Johnscore, Apr 16, 2011 IP
  2. SEOBNcom

    SEOBNcom Peon

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    No, as far as I know. It's the same as www.domain.com and domain.com. There's no difference.
     
    SEOBNcom, Apr 16, 2011 IP
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    As far as I know, URL's that point to files normally do not have a slash, URL's pointing to directories, do. So I think it's best to include the slash in your links, it also speeds up loading time, not dramatically, but it does.
     
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    Always add / at the end of your domain.
     
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    No. A slash doesn't make any difference until the destination of the link is same.!
    But surely www makes a difference :D
     
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  6. Johnscore

    Johnscore Member

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    This reason why i am asking is this. Right now my domain is hosted with Ning social networking site, and I want to change that hosting company in next year. It means i am going to abandon my all data (all directories). But still then i want to make back links. Therefore i think for me to make links with not slash is good for me now. What do you think? Sorry for my poor English.
     
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    There is no difference between with slash and no slash, the backlinks will remain for both of them.
     
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    I think its worth adding the slash, it makes it a little faster. Of course there will be no difference for backlinks so its not such a big deal. Its really up to you.
     
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    All the answers emphasized on there is nothing much different effects between with slash or without slash. I hope this is correct as well. Now i should not worry about slash or no slash in link building. I guys really help me out of my doubt, thanks a lot.
     
    Johnscore, Apr 17, 2011 IP
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    it is no any difference between two for google
     
    bendust, Apr 17, 2011 IP
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    Well it is better to have slash at the end, of course there is no difference of backlinks for with slash or without slash
     
    ethandavis, Apr 18, 2011 IP
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    ther's no difference in using slash and not using it. As the question raises for link building, its not important to consider all these silly things its better to concentrate on Title and description of your submission. And the directories considers the page rank of your submission site.
     
    seoservices98, Apr 18, 2011 IP
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    Hi,
    your question is very simple but yet very serious one to be considered while doing off page optimization. When ever you do optimization for a site follow a single URL that you would like to get top position.

    There are different scenarios where people do mistakes while promoting website :

    1.http://abc.com
    2.http://abc.com/
    3.http://abc.com/index.html
    4.http://www.abc.com
    5.http://www.abc.com/
    6.http://www.abc.com/index.html

    The Above said URL's all point to home page of abc.com but still while doing off page follow a single URL and promote it till the entire life of the website.
     
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    Please Dont give wrong information.
     
    monsia, Apr 18, 2011 IP
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    No there is no difference but try to use slash with domain name.
     
    Ajay Bhargava, Apr 18, 2011 IP
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    There is no difference but www and non www version does make a difference.
     
    dcristo, Apr 18, 2011 IP
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    I red all the above statements but no one posted the exact answer for the question. Even i am waiting for the exact one. Please reply if anyone knows.
     
    fernades, Apr 18, 2011 IP
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    Read my post above I did answer it, there is no difference between a domain name with slash (/) and without slash (/)
     
    dcristo, Apr 18, 2011 IP
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    Please correct yourself... www.domain.com and domain.com are entirely different. There are considered as two different URLs by Google.
     
    georgescifo, Apr 19, 2011 IP
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    Okay then people who are saying that a domain with / and without / does not make any difference then please explain why does not it?
    So that we can understand ease.
     
    VRVirtual.Com, Apr 19, 2011 IP
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