Am I Doing this Canonical Right?
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Hi,I admit to new to the Mod Rewrite.Here is my mod rewrite in my .htaccess# Begin non-www page protection # <ifmodule mod_rewrite.c="">RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.domain.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]</ifmodule> # End non-www page protection #If I have my home page set toI really want the canonical to be www.domain.com no trailing slashDid I create a confllict, and if so, how should I change it? -
change this line from RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [L,R=301] to RewriteRule ^(.)$ http://www.domain.com$1 [L,R=301]
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