Any difference between www.site.com and www.site.com/ ?

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    We all understand the importance of inbound links but there is a small question I would like to discuss. Just curious what you think: when I ask to place a link to my link - should I be paying attention to wether it is www.site.com or www.site.com/ - with slash?? Your ideas?
     
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  2. MeetHere

    MeetHere Prominent Member

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    #2
    I think there is no different.
    a slash would be better always.
     
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  3. AgentD

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    #3
    No difference at all. Don't worry about it.
     
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  4. aira

    aira Active Member

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    #4
    THere's a difference between those two url's and it isn't only about the slash.. Here's an article to clear things up:
    to slash or not
     
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  5. ~DaRk-EyE~

    ~DaRk-EyE~ Banned

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    #5
    Nice article aira...
    With slash indicates the complete and correct address...
    Its worth reading, another additional knowledge acquired....
    Keep it up... ;)
     
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  6. teampower

    teampower Well-Known Member

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    i think is there different if not why some script allow it and some dont if you want to install them
     
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  7. Homer83

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    Looks like I've been doing it the "right" way without even realising it although I'm sure for backlinks it wouldn't make a difference.

    Thanks for the info :cool:
     
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  8. budhanes

    budhanes Peon

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    I have a site which "tries" to plug alot of referrer spam... They use everything to plug their site...
    www.example.com, example.com, www.example.com/, example.com/, EXAMPLE.COM, etc...

    This guy must be a beleiver in the different formats of the same url. He's been doing it to my site for 4 years now, and its done at the beginning of every month, maybe a script or something, not sure. Makes me wonder if referrer spam really works....

    I'm guessing he uses htaccess to funnel them all to the same url and boosting his PR.
     
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  9. PaddyL

    PaddyL Active Member

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    Search engines know that www.example.com is the same as www.example.com/

    However, it is possible for www.example.com and example.com to return two different sites. It's unusual, but it does happen.

    Google allows webmasters to explicitly state this, and if they're the same, which one is preferred. For example, I've told Google that my site is the same with and without the www, and that I prefer it with the www.

    Your spammer is probably just causing himself problems as Google would crawl both sites (www.example.com and example.com), realise that they're the same, and -- I guess -- consider his multiple submissions as spam.
     
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  10. usasportstraining

    usasportstraining Notable Member

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  11. tsukara

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    Yes, it's canonicalization. Physically they are the same but technically they are different and there is still an impact on using the right url.
     
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  12. FredRoe

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    Interesting posts. Greens all around.
     
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