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www.SITE.com vs SITE.com

by chakka
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I have a website that is currently set to resolved to SITE.com - is this effecting search engine ranking, bots, spiders, etc? Any views on this issue?

To clarify (if possible) - Normally I see websites the are listed as www.SITE.com in the URL bar of the browser. Few sites resolve to SITE.com without the leading www. in front. In action, this allows a user to type SITE.com in the URL bar and the server knows to deliver (redirect?) the browser to www.SITE.com (it senses the URL typed without the leading www and send it along to the correct location).

This site behaves backwards to the norm. If I type www.SITE.com in the URL bar the server redirects the browser to the SITE.com URL (no leading www). If you type SITE.com it sends you directly to SITE.com (as you would expect).

The real question I have is about how 'bots and SE indexing spiders are seeing this. The site displays some unusual problems (mostly because it was created 4+ years ago). Is this URL behavior an issue that is hurting me? I've been researching it but can't find a clear answer (probably been looking in the wrong locations). If anyone can help me with this I'd appreciate it!

Thanks a bunch guys!
#domain naming #resolving site #sitecom #wwwsitecom
  • Profile picture of the author Sage SEO
    It's completely normal, this won't be the cause of whatever problems you are experiencing.
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  • Profile picture of the author SEO Power
    It doesn't affect rankings and it doesn't matter whether you are using the www or non-www version of your domain. Sites rank well without www and you'll see proof of this if you search for some keywords in Google for which niche sites are likely to show up.
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    ONE HOUR INDEXING - STOP WASTING MONEY ON LINKS GOOGLE NEVER FINDS
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