splitting backlinks from example.com and example.com/home

[mywebguytaylor]

I just noticed that one of my clients is splitting their backlinks from example.com and example.com/home

Does anyone have any recommendations on what we should do?

[edited by: engine at 9:27 am (utc) on Jan 22, 2021]
[edit reason] Please use example.com [/edit]

[phranque]

welcome to WebmasterWorld [webmasterworld.com], mywebguytaylor!

my clients is splitting their backlinks from example.com and example.com/home

by "backlinks" i assume you mean these are external links.

which of these two is the canonical url?
(hopefully it is https://example.com/ or https://www.example.com/ )
are the requests for these urls being redirected (with a 301 status code) to the canonical url?

[mywebguytaylor]

These are links pointing from other websites into these two urls on the website...

[phranque]

which of these two is the canonical url?
(hopefully it is https://example.com/ or https://www.example.com/ )
are the requests for these urls being redirected (with a 301 status code) to the canonical url?

[lucy24]

Are example.com and example.com/home the same page? Can't help thinking that, if so, your client's site is due for a cleanup. Preferably before the search engines start yattering about Duplicate Content.

[mywebguytaylor]

Are example.com and example.com/home the same page?
YES

[phranque]

example.com/home should be redirected with a 301 status code to example.com/