[dot] "." in my URL! does it make any problem

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by aleale, Dec 22, 2009.

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    Hi,

    I have seen one interesting thing today's morning. i have a website http://www.airlinesbooking.co.in/ but it is also opening with http://www.airlinesbooking.co.in./ the dot is in the last in my URL.

    Well both URLs showing same content but my problem is here, doses it make any problem in search engine optimization?

    Please answer me, i am waiting for reviews...
     
    aleale, Dec 22, 2009 IP
  2. sem-profiteer

    sem-profiteer Active Member

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    agreed a 301 in .htacess redirect would be best for SEO
     
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    Canonical Well-Known Member

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    It's only an issue if someone (a URL on your site or another site) links to you with the '.' at the end in which case it will lead to URL canonicalization issues, duplicate content, and split page rank/link juice.

    If you're worried about it then add this to your .htaccess in the root of your web:

    The above assumes that:

    1) your site supports only HTTP
    2) you prefer the www version of all URLs as the canonical version

    It handles redirecting both www and non-www version where the domain ends in ".co.in." to the domain with ".co.in".
     
    Canonical, Dec 23, 2009 IP