www and non-www

factoringUK · 10-06-2011, 06:38 AM

can anyone tell me how important it is to set this up, so google knows its just one site?

my site is already page 1, but i want to boost it higher.

will setiing up a 301 help?? or is it old-hat?

Thanks
Gerry

alinpion · 10-06-2011, 06:48 AM

For google it does not matter if you have www or not in your url. What is important is to decide if you want your site with www or not before you start building your backlinks.

NEseO · 10-06-2011, 06:55 AM

Agree it is all about backlinks. So if you link to 3w's then this is where you should have your site. The problem is if you link using both non-3w's. and 3w's as they are in effect for different sites.

The best practice is to 301 3w' to non-3w's or vise versa to be sure you don't waste any links.

BuySellDomainWebsite · 10-06-2011, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by NEseO

Agree it is all about backlinks. So if you link to 3w's then this is where you should have your site. The problem is if you link using both non-3w's. and 3w's as they are in effect for different sites.

The best practice is to 301 3w' to non-3w's or vise versa to be sure you don't waste any links.

Very good suggestion for not wasting your links. Just to add that this is called canocalization of websites and with and without www is recognized as two different sites, thus google getting an impression of duplicate site, so decide and get rid of it soon.

factoringUK · 10-06-2011, 03:51 PM

Ok, thanks guys, i've been looking further into the 301 redirect.

What about index.html and / can these be effectively considered as another 2 versions? Some websites are saying this is the case.

xylement · 10-06-2011, 06:56 PM

redirect www to non www or the other way round is a must, otherwise if your site is with www and backlinks generated was to non www then it will be a waste of effort =)

akasheg · 10-06-2011, 07:09 PM

Let it be how it is, it doesn't matter whether its www or not. Just save yourself of all other kinds of pain and hardwork.

Annysmith001 · 10-06-2011, 11:16 PM

Its important to let know Google that with and without www your site is same. So you need to do 301 redirection to rediect non www to www version.

C Rebecca · 10-07-2011, 05:29 AM

Well, Google doesn't bother whether you have www with your website or not. But if you have both websites, that will impact negatively on your website... Your backlinks will split between both the versions and your main version won't get enough boost.

Its better to promote one version either with www or non-www...

You can do this by
- Setting up 301 redirect from one version to main version
- By setting your preferred version in Google webmaster tools

magic99 · 10-07-2011, 05:40 AM

It's depend on you which URL do you want but its essential to decide to show.
if your website opening with both w or without w then google feel that is different URL I read in Mattcutts Blog

10-06-2011, 06:38 AM	#1
factoringUK Warrior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	www and non-www can anyone tell me how important it is to set this up, so google knows its just one site? my site is already page 1, but i want to boost it higher. will setiing up a 301 help?? or is it old-hat? Thanks Gerry

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alinpion HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 130 Thanks: 5 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Re: www and non-www For google it does not matter if you have www or not in your url. What is important is to decide if you want your site with www or not before you start building your backlinks.
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10-06-2011, 06:55 AM	#3
NEseO HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 132 Thanks: 1 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts	Re: www and non-www Agree it is all about backlinks. So if you link to 3w's then this is where you should have your site. The problem is if you link using both non-3w's. and 3w's as they are in effect for different sites. The best practice is to 301 3w' to non-3w's or vise versa to be sure you don't waste any links.

10-06-2011, 03:51 PM	#5
factoringUK Warrior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: www and non-www Ok, thanks guys, i've been looking further into the 301 redirect. What about index.html and / can these be effectively considered as another 2 versions? Some websites are saying this is the case.

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xylement As Easy As http://easy.my Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 336 Thanks: 7 Thanked 11 Times in 10 Posts	Re: www and non-www redirect www to non www or the other way round is a must, otherwise if your site is with www and backlinks generated was to non www then it will be a waste of effort =)

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akasheg Active Warrior Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Pune, India Posts: 56 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Social Networking	Re: www and non-www Let it be how it is, it doesn't matter whether its www or not. Just save yourself of all other kinds of pain and hardwork.
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Annysmith001 Warrior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 16 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: www and non-www Its important to let know Google that with and without www your site is same. So you need to do 301 redirection to rediect non www to www version.
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C Rebecca Advanced Warrior Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 592 Thanks: 1 Thanked 29 Times in 26 Posts	Re: www and non-www Well, Google doesn't bother whether you have www with your website or not. But if you have both websites, that will impact negatively on your website... Your backlinks will split between both the versions and your main version won't get enough boost. Its better to promote one version either with www or non-www... You can do this by - Setting up 301 redirect from one version to main version - By setting your preferred version in Google webmaster tools
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magic99 Active Warrior Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 47 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: www and non-www It's depend on you which URL do you want but its essential to decide to show. if your website opening with both w or without w then google feel that is different URL I read in Mattcutts Blog
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