WWW. vs. no WWW

freeabs · 09-17-2011, 03:24 AM

Quick question for any SEO experts>? Better to have your site in www. or without www. I have seen some sites which ranked highly for www for a certain KW but nowhere to be seen for the non www. version. And in another KW, the non www. of the same website ranked highly but the www. version nowhere to be seen. Any correlation between all these or they all the same. Pretty confusing to me.

Nail Yener · 09-17-2011, 03:29 AM

There is no difference in having www.site.com or site.com in terms of SEO. What matters is that you should stick to one and build your links accordingly from the start. The reason you don't see one version on the search results is that backlinks to www.site.com do not pass to site.com and vice versa.

My personal preference is to use www.

Elion Makkink · 09-17-2011, 03:32 AM

They are the same!

DonMarketer · 09-17-2011, 04:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nail Yener

There is no difference in having www.site.com or site.com in terms of SEO. What matters is that you should stick to one and build your links accordingly from the start. The reason you don't see one version on the search results is that backlinks to www.site.com do not pass to site.com and vice versa.

My personal preference is to use www.

Very well put!

Sonny1977 · 09-17-2011, 04:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nail Yener

There is no difference in having www.site.com or site.com in terms of SEO. What matters is that you should stick to one and build your links accordingly from the start. The reason you don't see one version on the search results is that backlinks to www.site.com do not pass to site.com and vice versa.

My personal preference is to use www.

For some of my sites search results show the site without www although I built all my backlinks with www... well I suppose it makes no difference as long as they are ranking well..

Michael Silvester · 09-17-2011, 04:54 AM

Hi Mate,

Search engines treat them as separate domains just as they
do for subdomains.

google.com
www.google.com
gmail.google.com

They are all treated as different domains, and you should
choose 1 and link to the same one everytime.

I personally backlink to the non www domain.

Proof: Preferred domain (www or non-www) - Webmaster Tools Help

This is a dead giveaway...

Quote:

we may treat the www and non-www versions of the domain as separate references to separate pages

People assuming they are the same are spreading the
wrong message.

Take Care,

Michael Silvester

Ga RedNeck · 09-17-2011, 04:57 AM

They are correct above it is the same just depends on your likes I have always went with http://domain Ive never liked adding www not sure why just me I guess

sasai · 09-17-2011, 05:08 AM

there should be no difference.

glinda2011 · 09-17-2011, 05:50 AM

I agree that there is no difference..But the back links you will create is different for with www and without www...

Alexa Smith · 09-17-2011, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rakeshingh866

In SEO You should include www ahead of domain name.

Where do you get this stuff from, Rakesh? That's nonsense ...

This thread from yesterday and this thread from August both "reveal the truth".

Istvan Horvath · 09-17-2011, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rakeshingh866

In my opinion, there is no any difference in b/w www or without www name.

But In SEO You should include www ahead of domain name.

But your opinion doesn't matter because you are not an expert: just by posting this you showed how ignorant you are - so next time better don't comment about things you know nothing about.

freeabs · 09-17-2011, 09:37 AM

Thks for all the inputs, whatever difference your opinions may be. Personally, what I observed from the sites I mentioned in my post is that these 2 same sites, one without www. and one with the www. both have different number of backlinks. So I think when you do the BL, it will go to whichever you mentioned. But I still cannot get it why 2 different KW shows up 2 different results ( one with the www. which had a higher BL and the other without the www. with a much lower BL. The reason I was interested in this is that when I do the KW research in Market Samurai, the site without the www. showed a much lowered BL which was in my opinion a bit misleading...

blue5 · 09-17-2011, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Where do you get this stuff from, Rakesh? That's nonsense ...

I agree

Clyde · 09-17-2011, 10:01 AM

If you have a long domain name having no www. seems to make more sense.

The www. don't carry any weight SEO-wise though so don't worry about that.

Clyde · 09-17-2011, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Where do you get this stuff from, Rakesh? That's nonsense ...

This thread from yesterday and this thread from August both "reveal the truth".

FWIW, people trust your site more if they see the www. and are more likely to click-through from the SERP to your site. (from a case study I read). Sorry can't be bothered to look for it at the moment.

It still doesn't have any SEO/ranking benefits though.

terencemag · 09-17-2011, 10:31 AM

Not much difference between them as long as you set the redirect301 correctly. By the way I notice big sites like Youtube, Facebook and Zappos using "www" so that is my preference. I can name a few sites that prefer non-www too, like Digg.

adbash · 09-17-2011, 10:37 AM

From my exprience there is no difference between 'www.' or 'no www.'. Sometimes it's even better to have adress without www. because it looks nicer.

jason409 · 09-17-2011, 02:24 PM

Like others have said, it is basically a matter of preference. Just pick one and stick with it. If you have both types of links you can use google webmaster tools to pick which they will favor and all links of the other type will count as the one that you pick!

This can help with your rankings.

ichl13 · 09-17-2011, 03:39 PM

Doesn't matter as long as all your backlinks point to the same one!

09-17-2011, 03:24 AM	#1
freeabs HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 102 Thanks: 22 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	WWW. vs. no WWW Quick question for any SEO experts>? Better to have your site in www. or without www. I have seen some sites which ranked highly for www for a certain KW but nowhere to be seen for the non www. version. And in another KW, the non www. of the same website ranked highly but the www. version nowhere to be seen. Any correlation between all these or they all the same. Pretty confusing to me.

09-17-2011, 03:29 AM	#2
Nail Yener You reap what you sow. War Room Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Turkey Posts: 569 Thanks: 75 Thanked 167 Times in 108 Posts Social Networking	Re: WWW. vs. no WWW There is no difference in having www.site.com or site.com in terms of SEO. What matters is that you should stick to one and build your links accordingly from the start. The reason you don't see one version on the search results is that backlinks to www.site.com do not pass to site.com and vice versa. My personal preference is to use www.
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Ga RedNeck Steve War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Atlanta,Ga Posts: 65 Thanks: 2 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: WWW. vs. no WWW They are correct above it is the same just depends on your likes I have always went with http://domain Ive never liked adding www not sure why just me I guess
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09-17-2011, 09:37 AM	#12
freeabs HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 102 Thanks: 22 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	Re: WWW. vs. no WWW Thks for all the inputs, whatever difference your opinions may be. Personally, what I observed from the sites I mentioned in my post is that these 2 same sites, one without www. and one with the www. both have different number of backlinks. So I think when you do the BL, it will go to whichever you mentioned. But I still cannot get it why 2 different KW shows up 2 different results ( one with the www. which had a higher BL and the other without the www. with a much lower BL. The reason I was interested in this is that when I do the KW research in Market Samurai, the site without the www. showed a much lowered BL which was in my opinion a bit misleading...

09-17-2011, 10:01 AM	#14
Clyde Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 909 Thanks: 53 Thanked 92 Times in 81 Posts	Re: WWW. vs. no WWW If you have a long domain name having no www. seems to make more sense. The www. don't carry any weight SEO-wise though so don't worry about that.
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terencemag Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 34 Thanks: 15 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts Contact Info	Re: WWW. vs. no WWW Not much difference between them as long as you set the redirect301 correctly. By the way I notice big sites like Youtube, Facebook and Zappos using "www" so that is my preference. I can name a few sites that prefer non-www too, like Digg.

09-17-2011, 10:37 AM	#17
adbash Active Warrior Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 42 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: WWW. vs. no WWW From my exprience there is no difference between 'www.' or 'no www.'. Sometimes it's even better to have adress without www. because it looks nicer.
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ichl13 HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 422 Thanks: 2 Thanked 26 Times in 23 Posts	Re: WWW. vs. no WWW Doesn't matter as long as all your backlinks point to the same one!
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