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Correct 301 of domain inclusive "/"

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petrakraft last edited by

Do I have to redirect "/" in the domain by default?

My root domain is e.g. petra.at
--> I redirect via 301 to www.petra.at

Do I have to do that with petra.at/ and www.petra.at/, too?
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ThomasHgenhaven last edited by

You are welcome

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petrakraft @ThomasHgenhaven last edited by

Thank you for the answer
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ThomasHgenhaven last edited by

Yes I believe so. When you do a .htaccess redirect with the code pasted below, it should do both canonicalisations

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^petra.at [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.petra.at/$1 [L,R=301]
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