Which one is better for anchor texting

Abruzzo Villas · 10-23-2010, 07:18 AM

When you anchor text your keyword does it make a difference if you use http://yourdomain.com OR http://www.yourdomain.com ?

And must you stick to one of them or does it make no difference at all?

many thanks!

Jacob Martus · 10-23-2010, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abruzzo Villas

When you anchor text your keyword does it make a difference if you use http://yourdomain.com OR http://www.yourdomain.com ?

And must you stick to one of them or does it make no difference at all?

many thanks!

If you haven't already you need to pick one version of your site. If for example you can access your site from both of the above examples then you need to set up one to redirect to the other. As an example, if you can access your site like this:
http://yoursite.com and
http://www.yoursite.com then you need to redirect one of them to the other so there is only 1 version of your homepage. Google sees both of those as separate sites, so you need to only have 1 version.

And with your anchor text, you need to use the same one everytime. It doesn't matter which one you use, but it needs to be the same one everytime you build a link. So for example, if you've been building links with http://yoursite.com then you need to use that for every anchor text. Don't vary it, keep it exactly the same.

Abruzzo Villas · 10-23-2010, 07:27 AM

now you tell me?!

only kidding - wish i new this earlier! This could be a reason why my ranking dropped from page 2 of google to page 58

I use wordpress - do you know where exactly i need to go to set this up on my settings.

SpeakToTman · 10-23-2010, 07:28 AM

This is actually a VERY interesting topic that never really gets discussed..

I have heard the same thing mentioned above...that it does not matter, as long as you stick to one...but i did not know it would be better to redirect one to the other...Have you tested this Jacob?

Maybe we should consider doing a small test..build some distinct backlinks via http://www
and then a few more with just http:// and then see if Google interprets them any differently in webmaster tools??

Jacob Martus · 10-23-2010, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpeakToTman

This is actually a VERY interesting topic that never really gets discussed..

I have heard the same thing mentioned above...that it does not matter, as long as you stick to one...but i did not know it would be better to redirect one to the other...Have you tested this Jacob?

Maybe we should consider doing a small test..build some distinct backlinks via http://www
and then a few more with just http:// and then see if Google interprets them any differently in webmaster tools??

No I haven't tested it. Just used logic and listened to every other SEO in existence. :P

Just do it. No need to test it. If you can access your site from two different URLS than so can Google. Make it so there is only 1.

testboss · 10-23-2010, 08:06 AM

it depends on your setting how you are managing your website .try to redirect it to www one.

Bill_Z · 10-23-2010, 08:13 AM

It's OK you can do a 301 redirect from one to the other. I just did it for one of my sites, I redirected the //domain.com to //www.domain.com

HorseStall · 10-23-2010, 09:48 AM

It does not matter as long as you are consistent. Don't use both, simply pick one and stick with it.

webboss · 01-10-2011, 02:42 AM

Its depends on how much keywords you are targeting and what is the average traffic is coming through.

dadamson · 01-10-2011, 02:55 AM

Haven't heard this discussion in a while! As mentioned above, you really only want one version of your site and backlinks should all be created to either the http:// or http://www. version.

If you have backlinks pointing to both or just want to play it safe, add a 301 redirect to one of the versions.

For the people who need it, here is the source code that you need to add to the page in order to redirect it the the other version:

Quote:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>ADD TITLE HERE</title>
<meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="0;url=ADD URL HERE">
</head>

<body>
</body>
</html>

Where I have put "ADD TITLE HERE", put your website title as appearing on your homepage.

Where I have put "ADD URL HERE", enter the URL that you want to redirect to.

Cheers,
Dave

james7 · 01-10-2011, 05:53 AM

If your site having www and you make submission without www then Google consider there are 2 versions of the site. That affects site ranking. So, better way is use http://www for backlinking.

david87 · 01-10-2011, 06:00 AM

I think Jacob is right here.We should always redirect www or non www to one version.Otherwise it can be harmful for our website ranking.If you have redirect any one then you can build links with that url.

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Abruzzo Villas Abruzzo Villas Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 62 Thanks: 19 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking	Which one is better for anchor texting - http:// OR http://www When you anchor text your keyword does it make a difference if you use http://yourdomain.com OR http://www.yourdomain.com ? And must you stick to one of them or does it make no difference at all? many thanks!

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Abruzzo Villas Abruzzo Villas Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 62 Thanks: 19 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking	Re: Which one is better for anchor texting - http:// OR http://www now you tell me?! only kidding - wish i new this earlier! This could be a reason why my ranking dropped from page 2 of google to page 58 I use wordpress - do you know where exactly i need to go to set this up on my settings.

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david87 HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: India Posts: 150 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Which one is better for anchor texting - http:// OR http://www I think Jacob is right here.We should always redirect www or non www to one version.Otherwise it can be harmful for our website ranking.If you have redirect any one then you can build links with that url.
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