Do I need to use a trailing slash to homepage in canonical and hreflang?
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Currently I have a 301 redirect from
https://www.mysite.com/
to
https://www.mysite.comAnd in my canonical and hreflang and also insite links I use consistently https://www.mysite.com without trailing slash. Is this OK? Or do I need to add a trailing slash?
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Hi there,
Your intention is that https://www.mysite.com be the principal page.
So you've done everything just fine. Even more, you've said that have used consistenly the https://www.mysite.com, that's fine in my opinion.Hope it helps.
GR
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