Duplicate Homepage issue
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SEOMOZ says my site has two homepages:
When you go to "www.mysite.com/" the URL changes to "www.mysite.com"
Why is this happening and what can I do about it?
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Hi Lucas,
If the URL is automatically changing to the non-trailing slash version it sounds like there is already a redirect in place. This is good practice for SEO.
Multiple versions of a page (e.g. www,mystite.com, mysite.com, www.mystite.com/, mysite.com/) can split ranking power and lead to lower rankings overall. A 301 redirect transfers the majority of the "link juice" to the page that it is redirecting to.
This post on the official Google blog is a great starting point to learn more about trailing slashes and their implications for SEO: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/to-slash-or-not-to-slash.html
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Doing a 301 redirect with htaccess is the best way but you can also always use the canonical command that you will place in the head of your html code.
Here is a good site that will tell you everything you need to know about 301 redirects and canonical
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Do you have a 301 redirect? Can you provide a link to your site?
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