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1. juanyjuans
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   when a DIRECTORY is accessed via the address bar e.g. http://www.mysite.com/mydirectory WordPress will forward the user from http://www.mysite.com/mydirectory > http://www.mysite.com/mydirectory/ ( adding the / )

   This happens to directories that are physically on the server, like /images/ as well as the ones that WordPress creates like /category/

   My question is:
   When the above happens, is it best to preform a 301 redirect (from mydirectory > mydirectory/)? and is there any header data sent to a Googlebot that informs the bot that this is a Directory (or a kind of pseudo directory in the case of /category/) and not a page named "mydirectory"?

   Im curious as I think this could have an impact on SEO.

   thanks

2. ClaytonJames
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   I thought this was an interesting and informative article on the topic.

   http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2010/04/to-slash-or-not-to-slash.html

3. juanyjuans
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   fantastic! That's answered my question good and proper :) thanks

4. ClaytonJames
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   You're welcome.

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