I have a question and i am not sure which category to put this in, when setting about links internal and external, should you put domain.co.uk with the "/" or without? which is best practice?
leadegroot
12:51 am on Dec 10, 2006 (gmt 0)
I prefer with the '/'. Technically this is 'correct', on the grounds that when you eventually click the link that is what will show in the address bar, but it really doesn't matter - they both work, and it doesn't seem to stop the PR passing
sugarrae
1:17 am on Dec 10, 2006 (gmt 0)
Whichever version you go with, just be sure to use it consistently in both internal and external (when you have control) linking.
stevelibby
10:01 am on Dec 10, 2006 (gmt 0)
if you have external links and some are with the / and some without can google deem that as duplicate content?
martinibuster
10:07 am on Dec 10, 2006 (gmt 0)
No, it's the same page. It's the WWW or -WWW (and I also recommend www.example.com/index.html variations) you have to watch out for. It's just best to be consistent.
Using / or not has everything to do with CPU load (a miniscule amount) on your server and nothing to do with duplicate content issues.
