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My Site Was Finally Indexed By Google, But I Think There May Be A Problem

by esr
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Okay, this may be too dumb, and I hope it is, but I've worked so hard on this site and have such high hopes, that maybe I'm a bit paranoid.

Google finally indexed my site but indexed it as domainname . com rather than www . domainname . com.

My worry is, I've spent so much time trying to create backlinks from social bookmarking sites and posting to forums, but when I leave my link, I always typed it as www . domainname . com.

Will this make a difference? Are all of those links no good now, or does www . domainname . com look the same to Google as domainname . com?
#finally #google #indexed #problem #site
  • Profile picture of the author Derek Pankaew
    No, it wouldn't make a difference.

    www is actually a subdomain. The default subdomain of google.com is Google unless you type in something else (ie. mail.google.com)
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  • Profile picture of the author kettlewell
    I believe that you can do a 301 redirect (.htaccess) from domain.com to www.domain.com

    I honestly don't worry about it that much. Google has gotten much better about the whole issue.

    If Big-G has indexed domain.com, likely it has indexed www.domain.com as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author hanleo46
    Hello

    Go to Googles webmaster tools....If you don't have your domain set up ...add it, then go to settings....then preferred domains....you can make a choice there how you want your site to display...with www or no www

    Hope that helps
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