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Google Webmaster Tool Question: Add in www and non www into the Google webmaster tools?

by Chloe Brooks
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Hi Guys,
I am setting up a new website in Google webmaster tools for the first time. I have heard that you need to set-up the www. and the non www.

What is the reason to this and is this really necessary?

Does that mean that you now have 2 Google webmaster tools accounts then?

Which is the best way?

Cheers
Chloe
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Yes. Add them both, and then pick your preferred website version within WMT. You will just have one account.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chloe Brooks
    Thanks alot Mike. So that means that you will not have two google webmaster tool accounts then. one with www and one without...so if we want to use the www version and not the non www what to do with that non www google webmaster tools account then?

    By the way why adding both the www and the non www if you will do a 301 redirect anyways to the www version? Or you have to add both anyways?
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by Chloe Brooks View Post

      Thanks alot Mike. So that means that you will not have two google webmaster tool accounts then. one with www and one without...so if we want to use the www version and not the non www what to do with that non www google webmaster tools account then?

      By the way why adding both the www and the non www if you will do a 301 redirect anyways to the www version? Or you have to add both anyways?
      You have to add both before you can pick the preferred version. After that, the other one is not listed anymore in WMT.
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      • Profile picture of the author Chloe Brooks
        Thansk Mike so what is the reason why to add both in the first?
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        • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
          Originally Posted by Chloe Brooks View Post

          Thansk Mike so what is the reason why to add both in the first?
          Because as far as Google is concerned they are two different websites.
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      • Profile picture of the author Chloe Brooks
        Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

        You have to add both before you can pick the preferred version. After that, the other one is not listed anymore in WMT.
        Hi Mike, I just added in the www version and the non www version (so there are two websites to select from in the GWT) and selected the www version for both account but one account did not disappear as you said. Could you please let me know what you mean one would disappear?

        Cheers
        Chloe
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Nevermind. I forgot they changed how they do it. You used to be able to pick the preferred version without adding them both. Yeah, the second one stays there now. Just ignore it.

    Actually ignore most of what I said. Delete the one version.

    Make sure you designate the preferred version in the other one.

    Sorry. Not enough coffee this morning when I saw your message.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chloe Brooks
    So nowadays you do not need to set up two webmaster accounts www. and non www?

    thanks a lot for your help.
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by Chloe Brooks View Post

      So nowadays you do not need to set up two webmaster accounts www. and non www?

      thanks a lot for your help.
      For some reason Webmaster Tools encourages you to do so, but you should not need to. I've never seen any benefit of having both.
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