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Should i redirect my domain url with www to No www ?

by fxstay
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it seems nowadays its better to redirect www.mydomain.com to mydomain.com ?

google like which one due to the latest SEO updates
#domain #redirect #url #www
  • Profile picture of the author amzhr5
    There is no such thing that Google like without www or non www. Your preferred version should be with www but that doesn't mean your website won't rank better if www is missing. You need to build backlinks with the version currently appearing in SERP's.
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    • Profile picture of the author fxstay
      Originally Posted by amzhr5 View Post

      There is no such thing that Google like without www or non www. Your preferred version should be with www but that doesn't mean your website won't rank better if www is missing. You need to build backlinks with the version currently appearing in SERP's.
      but a seo expert told me direct www to No www is better

      so i think its better to direct www to No www as its shorter but a seo expert told me direct www to No www is better
      but a seo expert told me direct www to No www is better
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by fxstay View Post

        but a seo expert told me direct www to No www is better

        so i think its better to direct www to No www as its shorter but a seo expert told me direct www to No www is better
        but a seo expert told me direct www to No www is better

        Really, expert?
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      • Profile picture of the author fastreplies
        Originally Posted by fxstay View Post

        but a seo expert told me direct www to No www is better
        Did SEO told you why?
        or
        Did he told you that Web Hosting Server's OS will automatically redirect to with
        www domain at least it's physically configured to open without www? Ask him.

        Example:
        Enter into an address bar: amray.com and watch a magical transformation

        Furthermore our site's header tells crawlers what to crawl
        Code:
        <base href="http://www.amray.com/">



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        • Profile picture of the author paulgl
          Originally Posted by fastreplies View Post

          Did SEO told you why?
          or
          Did he told you that Web Hosting Server's OS will automatically redirect to with
          www domain at least it's physically configured to open without www? Ask him.

          Example:
          Enter into an address bar: amray.com and watch a magical transformation
          There's nothing magic about it. It's a setting.

          All servers do not automatically do that. Some do not even
          use the subdomain www at all, and you will not get the site
          if you type it with that first. It is a good idea to use .htaccess
          and make one forward to the other. Only because in rare
          cases, it might look like it's two different pages. In reality,
          they are not, and google will choose the one it seems is
          best at the moment. Why leave it up to google?

          You seem to be mixed up on quite a few things, as you drop
          your shtuff around the forum.

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          • Profile picture of the author fastreplies
            Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

            There's nothing magic about it. It's a setting.
            Where did I say anything about magic?

            Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

            All servers do not automatically do that.
            Linus and Unix OS do

            Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

            Some do not even use the subdomain www at all,
            Did I missed something? When "Host Name" become subdomain?

            Since 1990 when I got my initial introduction to Unix programing, I learn that
            whatever you're calling subdomain programers call "Host Name" until now.
            Granted, you can use anything you want instead of www, but because subject
            matter is www, lets call it using proper term. Shall we?

            Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

            Only because in rare cases, it might look like it's two different ?pages?. In reality, they are not, and google will choose the one it seems is best at the moment.
            Really? They are 2 different domains and if you go to some PR checkers and
            try domain with and without www, you may learn that one will have PR
            and another won't or vise versa depending what you want Google to PageRank.

            Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

            You seem to be mixed up on quite a few things, as you drop
            your shtuff around the forum.
            ?pages? I'm sure you meant 'domains'

            I'm mixed up???
            Well, why don't you read your post again, eh?



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      • Profile picture of the author KylieSweet
        Originally Posted by fxstay View Post

        but a seo expert told me direct www to No www is better
        but a seo expert told me direct www to No www is better
        but a seo expert told me direct www to No www is better
        Your post is too redundant and I only understand your "seo expert" but not proven at all.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    WWW vs non-WWW doesn't rank pages. One isn't any better than the other regardless what any SEO expert says (expert is obviously being used loosely here).

    What matters is sticking with whichever one floats your boat & not jumping back & forth between the two during internal/external link building. Obviously you can't undue organic links that use whichever one you don't prefer so do a 301 redirect to your choice (www or non-www) not both.

    A simple Google search goes a long ways: Set your preferred domain (www or non-www)
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Hanney
    Set them both up in WMT. Then in there you can tell Google which is the preferred. Beyond that there is no ned to over complicate this. If you are running an SSL (which you should be) then you would have 4 set up in Google WMT, the HTTP and HTTPS of both WWW and non WWW. Then point the correct one you want to appear in the settings.
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by Paul Hanney View Post

      Set them both up in WMT. Then in there you can tell Google which is the preferred. Beyond that there is no ned to over complicate this. If you are running an SSL (which you should be) then you would have 4 set up in Google WMT, the HTTP and HTTPS of both WWW and non WWW. Then point the correct one you want to appear in the settings.


      Personally I don't need a Google confirmation but here it is anyways...

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      Note: Once you've set your preferred domain, you may want to use a 301 redirect to redirect traffic from your non-preferred domain, so that other search engines and visitors know which version you prefer.
      Keep in mind a 301 is obviously a precaution (Google is far from being perfect) plus everyone doesn't use Webmaster Tools.
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    • Profile picture of the author marguerite
      The way you should do it is to have the non default url point to the default one. Basically, if you site is set up on the no www by default then you should have the url with www point to no www.

      I know that on blogger Google does it the other way around when you're using a custom domain. You cannot use the url without the www. So you have to point the no www url to the url with www on blogger.
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  • Profile picture of the author TotalWebsiteControl
    Actually if you build backlinks with the www. but your website doesn't use the www. then you are building the links incorrectly and will effect your rankings
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  • Profile picture of the author vishwa
    www or non www have nothing to do with SEO.
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  • Profile picture of the author 5bucksguy
    First of all, it doesn't matter whether you are using www or non-www. The thing which matters for google is :

    1.) You should be consistent of using a single and same URL type (whether it is www or non-www).
    2.) If you using http://www.test.com/, do 301 re-direct for Example Domain so that it points to http://www.test.com/


    For more information check Big M's blog

    https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-a...onicalization/

    Or search for "url canonicalization"

    Thanks






    Originally Posted by fxstay View Post

    it seems nowadays its better to redirect www.mydomain.com to mydomain.com ?

    google like which one due to the latest SEO updates
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    • Profile picture of the author irawr
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      Originally Posted by 5bucksguy View Post

      First of all, it doesn't matter whether you are using www or non-www. The thing which matters for google is :

      1.) You should be consistent of using a single and same URL type (whether it is www or non-www).
      2.) If you using http://www.test.com/, do 301 re-direct for Example Domain so that it points to http://www.test.com/


      For more information check Big M's blog

      https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-a...onicalization/

      Or search for "url canonicalization"

      Thanks
      Correct, it makes near zero difference, pick one and stick to it. If it's one of the SEO-tabloid site's "ranking factors" then I can not tell the difference as an SEO since I've done it both ways and it doesn't seem to matter. Seriously one followed link from an article directory will out weight any potentially benefit. This goes for most "ranking factors" discussed on those trash websites. Basically a junk link or two that's followed will "fix it."

      I understand why massive corporations are worried about this stuff, (since minor issues do accumulate when you have 500k backlinks) but marketers who are targeting low-medium competition keywords should not be.
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