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Which one is better for anchor texting - http:// OR http://www

by Abruzzo Villas
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When you anchor text your keyword does it make a difference if you use http://yourdomain.com OR http://www.yourdomain.com ?

And must you stick to one of them or does it make no difference at all?

many thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author Jacob Martus
    Originally Posted by Abruzzo Villas View Post

    When you anchor text your keyword does it make a difference if you use http://yourdomain.com OR http://www.yourdomain.com ?

    And must you stick to one of them or does it make no difference at all?

    many thanks!
    If you haven't already you need to pick one version of your site. If for example you can access your site from both of the above examples then you need to set up one to redirect to the other. As an example, if you can access your site like this:
    http://yoursite.com and
    http://www.yoursite.com then you need to redirect one of them to the other so there is only 1 version of your homepage. Google sees both of those as separate sites, so you need to only have 1 version.

    And with your anchor text, you need to use the same one everytime. It doesn't matter which one you use, but it needs to be the same one everytime you build a link. So for example, if you've been building links with http://yoursite.com then you need to use that for every anchor text. Don't vary it, keep it exactly the same.
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  • Profile picture of the author Abruzzo Villas
    now you tell me?!
    only kidding - wish i new this earlier! This could be a reason why my ranking dropped from page 2 of google to page 58

    I use wordpress - do you know where exactly i need to go to set this up on my settings.
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  • Profile picture of the author SpeakToTman
    This is actually a VERY interesting topic that never really gets discussed..

    I have heard the same thing mentioned above...that it does not matter, as long as you stick to one...but i did not know it would be better to redirect one to the other...Have you tested this Jacob?

    Maybe we should consider doing a small test..build some distinct backlinks via http://www
    and then a few more with just http:// and then see if Google interprets them any differently in webmaster tools??
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    • Profile picture of the author Jacob Martus
      Originally Posted by SpeakToTman View Post

      This is actually a VERY interesting topic that never really gets discussed..

      I have heard the same thing mentioned above...that it does not matter, as long as you stick to one...but i did not know it would be better to redirect one to the other...Have you tested this Jacob?

      Maybe we should consider doing a small test..build some distinct backlinks via http://www
      and then a few more with just http:// and then see if Google interprets them any differently in webmaster tools??
      No I haven't tested it. Just used logic and listened to every other SEO in existence.

      Just do it. No need to test it. If you can access your site from two different URLS than so can Google. Make it so there is only 1.
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  • Profile picture of the author testboss
    it depends on your setting how you are managing your website .try to redirect it to www one.
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  • Profile picture of the author Bill_Z
    It's OK you can do a 301 redirect from one to the other. I just did it for one of my sites, I redirected the //domain.com to //www.domain.com
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  • Profile picture of the author HorseStall
    It does not matter as long as you are consistent. Don't use both, simply pick one and stick with it.
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  • Profile picture of the author webboss
    Its depends on how much keywords you are targeting and what is the average traffic is coming through.
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  • Profile picture of the author dadamson
    Haven't heard this discussion in a while! As mentioned above, you really only want one version of your site and backlinks should all be created to either the http:// or http://www. version.

    If you have backlinks pointing to both or just want to play it safe, add a 301 redirect to one of the versions.

    For the people who need it, here is the source code that you need to add to the page in order to redirect it the the other version:

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
    <title>ADD TITLE HERE</title>
    <meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="0;url=ADD URL HERE">
    </head>

    <body>
    </body>
    </html>
    Where I have put "ADD TITLE HERE", put your website title as appearing on your homepage.

    Where I have put "ADD URL HERE", enter the URL that you want to redirect to.

    Cheers,
    Dave
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    • Profile picture of the author james7
      If your site having www and you make submission without www then Google consider there are 2 versions of the site. That affects site ranking. So, better way is use http://www for backlinking.
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  • Profile picture of the author david87
    I think Jacob is right here.We should always redirect www or non www to one version.Otherwise it can be harmful for our website ranking.If you have redirect any one then you can build links with that url.
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