Difference between www.abcd and http://abcd and http://www.abcd

[anuj291]

Hi
I am really confused between these three forms

Difference between www.abcd and http://abcd and http://www.abcd

When you go for SEO optimization which form do you use?? Which way do you use for backlink building??

Whats the difference?

[anuj291]

need someones advice ...
wht to do when one builds backlinks??? should i put www in front of the domain or not????

[praveenforwpi]

Even i ve the same doubt help me out if you ve found the answer

[dannycapri]

Hi anuj291,

AFAIK the URL, does not make any difference in SEO terms, however for backlinks its best to keep with a standard URL, e.g. http://www.abcd, and re-direct from other URL forms.

Hope this helps.

[dzoaffiliate]

Here's some info you may want to read. Expalins how ranking is done.

Pagerank Explained. Google's PageRank and how to make the most of it.

[anuj291]

thanx for the link...
but again in the end which kind of URL should one use?

[Mr_Julian_S]

Its better to go with the http://www.abcd url for generating backlinks. But you should also keep in mind that all the 3 url's mentioned will be treated as different sites by Google, so be careful while generating links. Its better to set a 301 redirect from the other url's to the http://www.abcd one for better seo results.

[anuj291]

i just saw that in my control pannel my site is redirected without www
ie my wordpress installation is without www, so even when i type www it gets redirected to one without www
So i should build links without www ??

[tUNU52]

In application, I don't find any difference between the three forms. I have tried with yahoo.com, I get the same result in all the cases.
However for backlinks I am using the standard URL forms.

[anuj291]

Ok, ill just share what i learnt
"
If SEO matters to you, then go for http//www.example.com because other people who link to you are likely to use that format. When I built my first two sites I thought I was being cute and trendy by dropping the www, but when I learnt SEO, I realised the mistake and much later I learnt how to make a .htaccess file (used by most websites that use an Apache server) and place it in the root directory."

So use .htaccess and ask ur Control pannel and they will send you the rewrite code, this will redirect your sites to what you want