What is URL normalization and why is it done?
Our software performs this normalization, which is required for proper URL submission. The rules for normalization usually involve lowercasing of the scheme and the Internet host name components, removing the explicit port specification if it matches the default port, uppercasing all escape sequences, and unescaping octets that can be better represented as plain characters. Normalization includes adding a trailing “/” to your URL in cases where a document is not explicitly specified to make the string you just entered a True URL and ensures the URL is well formed.
Our software performs this normalization, which is required for proper URL submission. The rules for normalization usually involve lowercasing of the scheme and the Internet host name components, removing the explicit port specification if it matches the default port, uppercasing all escape sequences, and unescaping octets that can be better represented as plain characters. Normalization includes adding a trailing “/” to your URL in cases where a document is not explicitly specified to make the string you just entered a True URL and ensures the URL is well formed. Back to Top 11.
