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Stephen Ostermiller ♦
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Why would youmy site redirect back to the same page but with a trailing slash on the URL?

I'm working on a website that is new to me and I'm trying to make sure there is not practical reason why the site has been set up the way it is before I change it.

Many pages have been set up with 301 redirects to the same page except with an / add at the end. This is something that I normally manage in google analyticsGoogle Analytics, so I'm not sure why 301s were used.

My question is two fold - isIs there any reason to do this? and ifIf not, is it worth it to fix? Shouldn't there be a negative effect on SEO to have 301 redirects this way? They are also using canonical links - it all seems conflicting and I could just combine the data in GA instead.

Thank you!

Why would you redirect back to the same page?

I'm working on a website that is new to me and I'm trying to make sure there is not practical reason why the site has been set up the way it is before I change it.

Many pages have been set up with 301 redirects to the same page except with an / add at the end. This is something that I normally manage in google analytics, so I'm not sure why 301s were used.

My question is two fold - is there any reason to do this? and if not is it worth it to fix? Shouldn't there be a negative effect on SEO to have 301 redirects this way? They are also using canonical links - it all seems conflicting and I could just combine the data in GA instead.

Thank you!

Why would my site redirect back to the same page but with a trailing slash on the URL?

I'm working on a website that is new to me and I'm trying to make sure there is not practical reason why the site has been set up the way it is before I change it.

Many pages have been set up with 301 redirects to the same page except with an / add at the end. This is something that I normally manage in Google Analytics, so I'm not sure why 301s were used.

Is there any reason to do this? If not, is it worth it to fix? Shouldn't there be a negative effect on SEO to have 301 redirects this way? They are also using canonical links - it all seems conflicting and I could just combine the data in GA instead.

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MRawcliffe
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Why would you redirect back to the same page?

I'm working on a website that is new to me and I'm trying to make sure there is not practical reason why the site has been set up the way it is before I change it.

Many pages have been set up with 301 redirects to the same page except with an / add at the end. This is something that I normally manage in google analytics, so I'm not sure why 301s were used.

My question is two fold - is there any reason to do this? and if not is it worth it to fix? Shouldn't there be a negative effect on SEO to have 301 redirects this way? They are also using canonical links - it all seems conflicting and I could just combine the data in GA instead.

Thank you!