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Back Link- http://www, http:// or www ?

by keenstyle1
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Wondering what the consensus is for pointing url anchor text pointing is. If google is displaying NO WWW in front of the domain name on a search of that domain, are you pointing the links right at http://domain.com OR do you still get the same authority no matter what you do?
#back #http or or #http or or www #http or or #http or or www #link #www
  • Profile picture of the author paulgl
    Choose one, consistently make backlinks using it.
    There is an ever so slight chance that google
    may look on it as different sites with the same
    content.

    (This holds true for all variations of a typed url that
    automatically loads the index page, like index.php,
    domain.com/ domain.com no slash, etc.)

    For the www, or not, do a 301 redirect from the one
    you don't like to the one you do like. Make all links
    point to the same thing. But some of your links should
    be pointing to other pages in your website as well.

    Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author Midas3 Consulting
    This one has been answered many times.

    Short answer as Paul said above.

    Additional answer, you can use a HT access or a 301.

    If you're able to reach your site from www or no www,
    you need to address it.

    Google have told us they won't penalize it as dupe, however
    they do tell us it's possible that it will stop the spider
    from deep indexing.

    Stick to one or the other for backlinks and if you're sites currently
    showing for both and doesn't redirect to one or the other
    get it sorted.
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    • Profile picture of the author PhilipSEO
      The suggestion about 301 redirects is correct, and my own preferred solution. However, using .htaccess redirecting can have a huge overhead in resources if your site is very large.

      A simple solution is to put the canonical link in at the end of the <head> section of each page, preferably right before the closing </head> tag. The link will have either this form:

      <link rel="canonical" href="http://www.example.com/page10.html>

      or this:

      <link rel="canonical" href="http://example.com/page10.html>

      depending on your preference. You can use as many canonical links on your site as you need to, and yes, it's fine for a page to contain a canonical link to itself.

      I hope this helps!
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    • Profile picture of the author samuelbell
      Originally Posted by SimonHarrison View Post

      This one has been answered many times.

      If you're able to reach your site from www or no www,
      you need to address it.
      How is this done?
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      • Profile picture of the author Midas3 Consulting
        Originally Posted by samuelbell View Post

        How is this done?
        As specified above.

        You can either use a 310 which is preferred or some hosts
        will run with a HT redirect, either does the job.

        What you do not want is to be able to see your site
        when you type in www.mysite.com AND mysite.com

        One of them should redirect to the other.

        My preferred is www, but it's 100% personal choice
        and there's no negative to either, I choose www
        because I work in often non tech markets and many
        people still associate and feel comfortable with www.

        Just stick to one and build your incoming links to one.
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