routes help - adds question mark.

[eluser]dippy[/eluser]
i did a route on the following:

Code:

$route['services/search-engine-optimization'] = "services/seo";

but when i goto the url 'services/seo' it still works and doesn't redirect to services/search-engine-optimization but if i goto 'services/search-engine-optimization' it works great, thats what i need.

so i did a .htaccess redirect to try and fix it..

Code:

Redirect /services/seo http://www.mysite.com/services/search-engine-optimization

and now if someone goes to services/seo it redirects but adds a question mark. like so:

Code:

http://www.mysite.com/services/search-engine-optimization?/services/seo

how can i get 'services/seo' to redirect without it adding that question mark?? is there an option in CI?

please let me know as this is messing SEO up for the site and creating duplicate content.