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Please Help with WWW Redirect

by PGA
3 replies
Can someone please help with the following?

I had Hostgator set up a www redirect for one of my sites a few months ago. Since then I noticed that my site took a dive and is no longer ranking as it was. Maybe it's coincidence. Anyway, today I just deleted the www redirect so my site is like it was. Since both the www.mysite.com and mysite.com are indexed should I redirect www.mysite.com to mysite.com? I'm just concerned that Google will see it as duplicate content since both are indexed. Any thoughts?

Thanks,
P
#redirect #www
  • Profile picture of the author andrejvasso
    Google will indeed think its duplicated content.

    You should choose wether you want with WWW or without WWW. I personally like to remove the WWW (but thats totaly up to you).

    The code to remove WWW is:

    Code:
    RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/ [R=301,L]
    I dont know the code to add WWW, but I am sure a quick Google search will do it.
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    • Profile picture of the author ToneUK
      This is the code to redirect none www to www:

      Code:
      RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www. [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
      If you are using Google Webmaster tools you can also tell Google what your preferred domain name is by going to Site configuration > Settings and then selecting either www or none www as the preferred domain.
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  • Profile picture of the author rohini khanna
    @PGA - same problem here, i m also facing these problems.
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