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OMG..all my backlinks gone now??

by apollion
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Hi warriorz..

I just learned how to establish a 301 with godaddy.

Unfortunately I´m promoting my site for months already.

The problem is that the backlinks were set some to the www. and some to the non www. version of my domain

Now as I finally managed to get the 301 working, what will happen to the backlinks?

All gone or will they now give full power to my domain??

pls help
#backlinks #omgall
  • Profile picture of the author lightningzeus
    i believe that google does not distinguish between non-www and www backlinks
    and since it has a 301 redirect, all backlinks will be considered to be for the new domain, and all PR will eventually be transferred to the new domain also
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  • Profile picture of the author askloz
    non-www and www are considered as two different sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author Fender85
    This is what's known as cannonicalization. Google does see www and non-www as two separate domains (on a side note, this can cause duplicate content issues, as well).

    I fix this problem in my .htaccess file. The code looks like this . . .

    Code:
    RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.yoursite.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yoursite.com/$1 [L,R=301] 
Options +FollowSymLinks
    (and obviously, replace "www.yoursite.com" with your actual domain)

    This will re-write your URL with the "www" inserted, whenever someone types in/links from the non-www version. Also, if you want some extra peace of mind, add your site to your Google Webmaster Tools, and then use the "set preferred domain" option to tell Google which of the two (www vs non-www) that you prefer.
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  • Profile picture of the author tim_buchalka
    Originally Posted by apollion View Post

    Hi warriorz..

    I just learned how to establish a 301 with godaddy.

    Unfortunately I´m promoting my site for months already.

    The problem is that the backlinks were set some to the www. and some to the non www. version of my domain

    Now as I finally managed to get the 301 working, what will happen to the backlinks?

    All gone or will they now give full power to my domain??

    pls help
    As Loz points out www and non www are considered separate sites.

    You can get around this by using redirect code in your .htaccess file e.g. redirect the non www to the www (or vica versa).

    But it's probably also a good idea to consistently use one of them exclusively. e.g. with the www or the non www. Doesn't matter which one.

    Cheers



    Tim
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  • Profile picture of the author angilina
    Now that you have 301 redirected the non www version to the www version, all the backlinks will point to one domain. Your PR juice will surely increase.

    Also 301 redirect the index page to the main domain if you havent already done that.
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    • Profile picture of the author Emailrevealer
      I've been told that my site has a cannonicalization issue. Is this a serious issue?
      Would it be a big deal to correct it? I mean would it increase my SERP and PR significantly?
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  • Profile picture of the author johnsamuels
    yes it would.
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    • Profile picture of the author strauss
      By using www and non www their may be difference in the backlinks of the site.But mostlu traffic will be same as it redirects to same site.PR is also will be same
















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