Removal of www?

SFitzpatrick · 02-23-2011, 11:51 PM

When i'm using market samurai to check my google ranks the www has been omitted from the results. All my seo and links have been directed to www but now it shows that i have zero BLP.

Does this matter? I don't seem to have slipped in my rank spots, just not sure why it's happened?

hotlinkz · 02-24-2011, 12:11 AM

Google sees www.domain.com and domain.com as two different destinations. Using both variations will dilute your link popularity.

Create a Google Webmaster account and go to the Settings area to set your preferred domain. Then all backlink influence will funnel to the URL variation you select.

NikkiBanks · 02-24-2011, 02:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hotlinkz

Google sees www.domain.com and domain.com as two different destinations. Using both variations will dilute your link popularity.

Create a Google Webmaster account and go to the Settings area to set your preferred domain. Then all backlink influence will funnel to the URL variation you select.

Thanks for this info.

Need a small clarification here.

When a site is indexed in google, is there a difference in these two.

site: h ttp : // www. domain name. com
This shows up results as indexed

site: ht tp : // domain name.com
This shows up as not indexed as yet.

ann1986 · 02-24-2011, 08:08 AM

Set it up in Google Webmaster Central. Get data about crawling, indexing and search traffic. Increase traffic to your site. like he said and just wait for it to update.

Marvin Johnston · 02-24-2011, 08:53 AM

While the suggestion to use Webmaster Tools may help, it is not really a solution. The actual solution is pretty easy and just involves redirecting the non-www site to the www site (or vice versa.)

Here is a good explanation of the problem along with how to properly do the redirects:

Fixing Internal Duplicate Content with a Non-www Site Redirect - How-to Guide

Note that the process is different for windows hosting vs apache servers.

Marvin

Marketing Cheetah · 02-24-2011, 08:55 AM

Yes there is a difference in two. Sign up of for google.com/webmasters and you will be able to set your preferences there.

You can also change www.domain.com to domain.com using .htaccess. Search google for this method. Its pretty easy.

SFitzpatrick · 02-25-2011, 06:58 AM

Thanks guys, i've done the change under google webmasters tools. Hopefully that will change things and even better, hopefully improve rankings!

Ummm, then i read the .htaccess change and realise i actually need to do this. OK so i grab the link above posted by Marvin Johnson and follow the step by step guide - very cool, but now my main web page works, but all my other pages come up with an error.

Any suggestions or help?

02-23-2011, 11:51 PM	#1
SFitzpatrick Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 69 Thanks: 25 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Removal of www? When i'm using market samurai to check my google ranks the www has been omitted from the results. All my seo and links have been directed to www but now it shows that i have zero BLP. Does this matter? I don't seem to have slipped in my rank spots, just not sure why it's happened?

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hotlinkz Old Internet Relic War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Posts: 815 Thanks: 31 Thanked 211 Times in 121 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Removal of www? Google sees www.domain.com and domain.com as two different destinations. Using both variations will dilute your link popularity. Create a Google Webmaster account and go to the Settings area to set your preferred domain. Then all backlink influence will funnel to the URL variation you select.
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Marvin Johnston Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 637 Thanks: 644 Thanked 153 Times in 107 Posts	Re: Removal of www? While the suggestion to use Webmaster Tools may help, it is not really a solution. The actual solution is pretty easy and just involves redirecting the non-www site to the www site (or vice versa.) Here is a good explanation of the problem along with how to properly do the redirects: Fixing Internal Duplicate Content with a Non-www Site Redirect - How-to Guide Note that the process is different for windows hosting vs apache servers. Marvin

02-24-2011, 08:55 AM	#6
Marketing Cheetah Cheetah War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Online Posts: 497 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 101 Thanked 68 Times in 62 Posts	Re: Removal of www? Yes there is a difference in two. Sign up of for google.com/webmasters and you will be able to set your preferences there. You can also change www.domain.com to domain.com using .htaccess. Search google for this method. Its pretty easy.

02-25-2011, 06:58 AM	#7
SFitzpatrick Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 69 Thanks: 25 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Removal of www? Thanks guys, i've done the change under google webmasters tools. Hopefully that will change things and even better, hopefully improve rankings! Ummm, then i read the .htaccess change and realise i actually need to do this. OK so i grab the link above posted by Marvin Johnson and follow the step by step guide - very cool, but now my main web page works, but all my other pages come up with an error. Any suggestions or help?