Back Link- http://www, http:// or www ?

keenstyle1 · 05-19-2010, 10:29 AM

Wondering what the consensus is for pointing url anchor text pointing is. If google is displaying NO WWW in front of the domain name on a search of that domain, are you pointing the links right at http://domain.com OR do you still get the same authority no matter what you do?

paulgl · 05-19-2010, 11:05 AM

Choose one, consistently make backlinks using it.
There is an ever so slight chance that google
may look on it as different sites with the same
content.

(This holds true for all variations of a typed url that
automatically loads the index page, like index.php,
domain.com/ domain.com no slash, etc.)

For the www, or not, do a 301 redirect from the one
you don't like to the one you do like. Make all links
point to the same thing. But some of your links should
be pointing to other pages in your website as well.

Paul

SimonHarrison · 05-19-2010, 12:36 PM

This one has been answered many times.

Short answer as Paul said above.

Additional answer, you can use a HT access or a 301.

If you're able to reach your site from www or no www,
you need to address it.

Google have told us they won't penalize it as dupe, however
they do tell us it's possible that it will stop the spider
from deep indexing.

Stick to one or the other for backlinks and if you're sites currently
showing for both and doesn't redirect to one or the other
get it sorted.

PhilipSEO · 05-19-2010, 02:00 PM

The suggestion about 301 redirects is correct, and my own preferred solution. However, using .htaccess redirecting can have a huge overhead in resources if your site is very large.

A simple solution is to put the canonical link in at the end of the <head> section of each page, preferably right before the closing </head> tag. The link will have either this form:

<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.example.com/page10.html>

or this:

<link rel="canonical" href="http://example.com/page10.html>

depending on your preference. You can use as many canonical links on your site as you need to, and yes, it's fine for a page to contain a canonical link to itself.

I hope this helps!

samuelbell · 05-19-2010, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SimonHarrison

This one has been answered many times.

If you're able to reach your site from www or no www,
you need to address it.

How is this done?

SimonHarrison · 05-19-2010, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samuelbell

How is this done?

As specified above.

You can either use a 310 which is preferred or some hosts
will run with a HT redirect, either does the job.

What you do not want is to be able to see your site
when you type in www.mysite.com AND mysite.com

One of them should redirect to the other.

My preferred is www, but it's 100% personal choice
and there's no negative to either, I choose www
because I work in often non tech markets and many
people still associate and feel comfortable with www.

Just stick to one and build your incoming links to one.

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SimonHarrison Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Location, Location. Posts: 2,103 Thanks: 262 Thanked 450 Times in 270 Posts	Re: Back Link- http://www, http:// or www ? This one has been answered many times. Short answer as Paul said above. Additional answer, you can use a HT access or a 301. If you're able to reach your site from www or no www, you need to address it. Google have told us they won't penalize it as dupe, however they do tell us it's possible that it will stop the spider from deep indexing. Stick to one or the other for backlinks and if you're sites currently showing for both and doesn't redirect to one or the other get it sorted.

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PhilipSEO Advanced Warrior Join Date: May 2010 Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Posts: 502 Thanks: 10 Thanked 106 Times in 92 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Back Link- http://www, http:// or www ? The suggestion about 301 redirects is correct, and my own preferred solution. However, using .htaccess redirecting can have a huge overhead in resources if your site is very large. A simple solution is to put the canonical link in at the end of the <head> section of each page, preferably right before the closing </head> tag. The link will have either this form: <link rel="canonical" href="http://www.example.com/page10.html> or this: <link rel="canonical" href="http://example.com/page10.html> depending on your preference. You can use as many canonical links on your site as you need to, and yes, it's fine for a page to contain a canonical link to itself. I hope this helps!
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