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http://domainname or http://www.domainname ?

by Scott Ames
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I can set my hosting to redirect to http://domainname or http://www.domainname or just leave it the way someone types it in.

Which would you do?
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    I would always try to use only one of those!
    Have always a redirect - otherwise G. will index it as 2 different sites

    Doesn't really matter which one you will use (although I have a preference for no-www, since it's obsolete), just be consistent and stick to one.
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  • Profile picture of the author Charles Washington
    The problem I see is long term, if you decided not to redirect.

    I have a website that is a PR3 w/o www. But it is a PR of 0 with the www.
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    • Profile picture of the author Scott Ames
      Originally Posted by Charles Montgomery View Post

      The problem I see is long term, if you decided not to redirect.

      I have a website that is a PR3 w/o www. But it is a PR of 0 with the www.
      I wonder why Google just doesn't fix that issue themselves? Surely they could.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    In G. webmaster tools they ask which version you want G. to use for indexing...
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    • Profile picture of the author Scott Ames
      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      In G. webmaster tools they ask which version you want G. to use for indexing...
      Yikes.. I wonder if I have my server set to redirect one way and Webmaster Tools is indexing the other. Humm....might explain some things. Thanks again! I need that Thanks button.
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      • Profile picture of the author alkantenik
        Scott Ames
        Hello my friend. You should 301 permanent redirect for search engine optimization. But we need an information. Which hosting type are you using? Windows hosting package or linux hosting package. I do not know your request but if you want to redirect your domain you must do something.

        If you use linux hosting package:

        You should create a .htaccess file in your hosting root directory and Write this codes.

        RewriteEngine On
        RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain.com
        RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

        If you use windows hosting package:

        You should redirect with asp codes. For this please visit here.
        301 Redirect on a Windows Server

        Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
    Originally Posted by Scott Ames View Post

    I can set my hosting to redirect to http://domainname or http://www.domainname or just leave it the way someone types it in.
    I like "domainname" myself.

    But I don't care. I just leave it the way my control panel configures it. I'm less concerned about what shows up in the address bar than I am about what shows up in the browser window.
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  • Profile picture of the author BradCarroll
    Use the non-www, then do a sitewide 301 redirect so that everything with a www redirects to the non-www. You can never tell when someone will link to you with your non-preferred designation, to me this is the safest bet.
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