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Stephen Ostermiller ♦
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Trailing Is a trailing slash andappropriate before URL parameters?

I understand that

http://www.websiteexample.com/product

and

http://www.websiteexample.com/product/

can actually be seen as 2 different URLs and is probably best avoided for SEO purposes, but how does this affect querystring parameters. Which is better (or even 'legal')?

http://www.websiteexample.com/product?source=googleps

or

http://www.websiteexample.com/product/?source=googleps

Do you need the trailing slash before the ??

Trailing slash and URL parameters

I understand that

http://www.website.com/product

and

http://www.website.com/product/

can actually be seen as 2 different URLs and is probably best avoided for SEO purposes, but how does this affect querystring parameters. Which is better (or even 'legal')?

http://www.website.com/product?source=googleps

or

http://www.website.com/product/?source=googleps

Do you need the trailing slash before the ?

Is a trailing slash appropriate before URL parameters?

I understand that

http://www.example.com/product

and

http://www.example.com/product/

can actually be seen as 2 different URLs and is probably best avoided for SEO purposes, but how does this affect querystring parameters. Which is better (or even 'legal')?

http://www.example.com/product?source=googleps

or

http://www.example.com/product/?source=googleps

Do you need the trailing slash before the ?

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Trailing slash and URL parameters

I understand that

http://www.website.com/product

and

http://www.website.com/product/

can actually be seen as 2 different URLs and is probably best avoided for SEO purposes, but how does this affect querystring parameters. Which is better (or even 'legal')?

http://www.website.com/product?source=googleps

or

http://www.website.com/product/?source=googleps

Do you need the trailing slash before the ?