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How do we make our domains show up as www.abcsite.com vs http://abcsite.com?

by Jason Zalesky
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I have a reseller account and noticed some of my sites are dont have the www.abcsite.com. Instead they have just http://. I was curious how do we have it show up as www.abcsite.com? I want my sites to be indexed with www.abcsite.com vs the other. Just curious what I am doing wrong when setting the sites up that it shows that way and not the other.

Thanks,
Jason
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Hall
    Great question and it's something a lot of people fail to implement which results in SEO problems.

    Here's an article which explains how to do it... How to 301 Redirect Non-WWW to WWW URLs|StepForth Web Marketing Inc.
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  • Profile picture of the author Marcel Hartmann
    You can tell Google via Webmaster Tools how you want them to be indexed. You can also use htaccess files to make this change universal. Take a look at the default Drupal htaccess file, and just take the www/non-www part out of it to make your own. If you're using Wordpress, go to Settings -> General, and configure WordPress address (URL) to make it what you want. This can clash with the htaccess file, so if you're specifying the www version in htaccess and the non-www version in WP (default), you'll get redirect errors, so choose one. I recommend leaving it out of htaccess if you're using WP.
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  • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
    If you are just starting out, make sure to create all links with the www. And if possible, try to get all incoming links to have the www as well.

    Also, Google's webmaster tools will help you get the www with a great majority of your organic traffic.

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    • Profile picture of the author lilgrace
      Originally Posted by Allen Graves View Post

      If you are just starting out, make sure to create all links with the www. And if possible, try to get all incoming links to have the www as well.

      Also, Google's webmaster tools will help you get the www with a great majority of your organic traffic.

      Allen

      Allen, I have submitted my sitemap to google and it is showing up in the serps now. However, it doesn't even have the http let alone www. It show up like mysite.com and that is it. Any idea how to fix this? I am using wordpress on my own domain.
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      • Profile picture of the author KirkMcD
        Originally Posted by lilgrace View Post

        However, it doesn't even have the http let alone www
        It never shows with the http. http is not part of your site's name. It is the protocol the browser uses to connect to your site.

        For the www part, it is also not neccessary, but since you want it to show, set it in Google's webmaster tools and use the 301 redirect as was pointed out earlier.
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      • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
        Originally Posted by lilgrace View Post

        Allen, I have submitted my sitemap to google and it is showing up in the serps now. However, it doesn't even have the http let alone www. It show up like mysite.com and that is it. Any idea how to fix this? I am using wordpress on my own domain.
        Sign up for Google Webmaster Tools and you will see a place to do it. Lots of good tools there.

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  • Profile picture of the author interplay
    lilgrace - Double check the website address and blog address located in the General Settings section in your WP Admin. You will probably have to recreate your sitemap and resubmit to Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author gacott
    I usually just set a wildcard in DNS, and then my hosting account also if needed.

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