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effect of www in front when linking

by varshyl111
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Hi,

My website is ranking with some keywords but with some keywords showing result without www and some showing with www which url should be used to make links with www or without www
#effect #front #linking #www
  • Profile picture of the author Ben S
    It depends on how you set it up when adding the site to your hosting account. In most cases it will be without the www however.

    It's best to build links to either the www or the non-www because otherwise you may aswell be building links to 2 different domains which is diluting your efforts.
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  • Profile picture of the author didyouknow
    doesn't matter which one you choose, but make sure you choose 1!!!
    Redirect/rewrite the other version so google indexes only one version.
    This avoids having duplicate content and not benefiting from some links.

    you can read how to do this in this article;
    How to 301 Redirect Non-WWW to WWW URLs*|*StepForth Web Marketing Inc.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mr Lim
      Originally Posted by didyouknow View Post

      doesn't matter which one you choose, but make sure you choose 1!!!
      Redirect/rewrite the other version so google indexes only one version.
      This avoids having duplicate content and not benefiting from some links.

      you can read how to do this in this article;
      How to 301 Redirect Non-WWW to WWW URLs*|*StepForth Web Marketing Inc.

      +1

      Try read that articles if you need your linkjuice pass to the money site.
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    • Profile picture of the author samual james
      Originally Posted by didyouknow View Post

      doesn't matter which one you choose, but make sure you choose 1!!!
      Redirect/rewrite the other version so google indexes only one version.
      This avoids having duplicate content and not benefiting from some links.

      you can read how to do this in this article;
      How to 301 Redirect Non-WWW to WWW URLs*|*StepForth Web Marketing Inc.
      100% agreed you need to chose 1 version and start buildiong links pointing to that site.
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  • Profile picture of the author Eleanor
    Hey,

    Like others have said, you need to be consistent. When you type in your url for your site in a browser, whichever is displayed (with or without www) should be the one you use for building links.

    Just keep consistency throughout your link building efforts - like Ben S said, you'll be diluting your efforts otherwise.

    Hope that helps

    Thanks
    Eleanor
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