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www.mydomain.com or mydomain.com?

by Sumit Menon
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Hey,

On my last thread, one warrior suggested me to change my default URL from mydomain.com to
www. mydomain.com. I did just what she said.

Now when I look into it, all my links are indexed on google with the URL - mydomain.com/whatever.

One of Matt Cutts' posts (I just read) advised to keep one of them, rather than using both.

So, what do I do? Switch it back or wait for the www format get indexed.

Please Help,
Thanks.
Sumit.
#mydomaincom #wwwmydomaincom
  • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
    The server you use should be using your domain with and without the www both if it is not maybe it is time to switch host.

    James
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    • Profile picture of the author Sumit Menon
      Originally Posted by TheRichJerksNet View Post

      The server you use should be using your domain with and without the www both if it is not maybe it is time to switch host.

      James
      No... I can have both of them. And using both the www and the non-www leads to the same site.

      I was just asking which would Google prefer.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Whisonant
    Pick either www or no www and stick with it. Or setup your sites so www and no www go to TWO different sites.

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    • Profile picture of the author Sumit Menon
      Originally Posted by Rob Whisonant View Post

      Pick either www or no www and stick with it. Or setup your sites so www and no www go to TWO different sites.

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      Rob Whisonant
      Why two different sites? Wouldn't that be confusing?
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  • Profile picture of the author The Pension Guy
    URLs with www are redundant. Or, in other words, "www.example.com" is the "www" subdomain of example.com. There is absolutely no need for WWW, in technical terms.
    And yes, G. sees the the URLs as two (2) different addresses/sites!

    So, stick to one - no www is simpler...
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  • Profile picture of the author john_kennedy
    Choose one and setup a an htaccess redirect to send all the other traffic to the one you chose.

    301 Redirect - How to create Redirects

    Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the htaccess version.
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    • Profile picture of the author halfpoint
      Additionally, when you're getting backlinks you should always either use the "/" at the end of your domain or not use it at all.

      Example, always link to either www.mydomain.com/ or just www.mydomain.com, not both.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andy Crofford
    It is personal preference. But once you decide which way you want to go make sure you setup a 301 re-direct so that the one that you choose not to use will direct to the one you are using.

    I have never heard of making two sites with them. I think that would be insanely confusing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Pat Ordenes
    ah yes... i had the same question a while back...
    Agreed with John..
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  • Profile picture of the author txr7
    Google sees them differently and will count the links accordingly, so use one and stick with it. Both of them can get you to the same content, but keep all your links in the same format.
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  • Profile picture of the author Quentin
    Search engines may think www.yourdomain.com and yourdomain.com are two different sites. You should set up a permanent redirect (technically called a "301 redirect") between these sites. Once you do that, you will get full search engine credit for your work on these sites.

    Don't do it and you dilute all your efforts.

    Quentin
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  • Profile picture of the author Sumit Menon
    So, it's final. I'm switching it back and using the 301 redirect.

    Thanks guys.
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