The trailing slash on URLs is often left off, but that is a mistake as it can affect how quickly your pages load from the web server. That slash may not seem important, but it serves a purpose.

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Learn Why Including a Trailing Slash on URLs is Important originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Monday, August 30th, 2010 at 15:35:35.

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