To include / at the end of a URL or not

[Direct_Ram]

Hi

I have recently noticed my site works with / and the end of a URL and without. I wanted to know if there is any SEO impact on this? Will it be seen as 2 different pages? if so what is the best option to go for www.mydomain.com/page/ or www.mydomain.com/page

Thanks

E

[UmarKhan]

Hey E,

Yes, Google considered these two URLs separately. Usually the "/" indicates that, it is a directory and the URL without "/" denotes a file. It's better to put a 301 redirect to the appropriate page to avoid any problem.

Checkout what Google recommends on this topic:
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2010/04/to-slash-or-not-to-slash.html

Hope this helps!

Umar

[ivanpashov]

My view is that it makes no difference as long as you're consistent about it. My personal preference is to include the / at the end - I like to think of it as a sort of "full stop" to the URL