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www. not showing

by Markod123
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Hi Guys

when i view my URL the www. disappears, the site still shows and works fine.

will this effect SEO and if so how do i resolve this issue?



Many Thanks


Marko
#showing #www
  • Profile picture of the author Samrath Gupta
    are you using a wordpress based website ??
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexander K
    In wordpress, you need to tell it to show the www.

    But it would help to know how you created your website.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jason Clay
      The www. is actually just a subdomain, but since the beginning of the web, we were all socially programmed to use it. For SEO purposes, you should work on both the non-www and the www, otherwise you will get an canonical imbalance which will hurt your SEO overall.
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      • Profile picture of the author UMS
        Originally Posted by Josh Rossdale View Post

        The www. is actually just a subdomain,
        I'm going to be Mr Pedant here for a moment. :p

        In just about all cases, www is not a sub-domain, but either a A record or CNAME.
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      • Profile picture of the author EugeneA
        Very Interesting subject.

        Originally Posted by UMS View Post

        This is a good thing. It means you have a redirect from your www hostname to the non-www hostname, rather than having them as 2 separate hostnames.

        Just make sure you build all your backlinks to the non-www version of your hostname and you'll be good.
        Originally Posted by Josh Rossdale View Post

        The www. is actually just a subdomain, but since the beginning of the web, we were all socially programmed to use it. For SEO purposes, you should work on both the non-www and the www, otherwise you will get an canonical imbalance which will hurt your SEO overall.
        Which one is it?

        Thanks.
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      • Profile picture of the author UMS
        Originally Posted by Josh Rossdale View Post

        For SEO purposes, you should work on both the non-www and the www, otherwise you will get an canonical imbalance which will hurt your SEO overall.
        I disagree. While it probably doesn't hurt to build links to the www and non-www site, it is better to build links to the main version, ie: the non-redirected version.
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      • Profile picture of the author SteveJohnson
        Originally Posted by Josh Rossdale View Post

        The www. is actually just a subdomain, but since the beginning of the web, we were all socially programmed to use it. For SEO purposes, you should work on both the non-www and the www, otherwise you will get an canonical imbalance which will hurt your SEO overall.
        A 'canonical imbalance'? :confused: Did you just invent that term?

        What he'll have, if Google indexes both the www and the non-www addresses, is a true-to-life duplicate content issue.

        But since he's running WordPress, he doesn't have to do anything.

        To answer the OP's question - no, you don't have to do anything. I'll even add to that - if you have any URLs indexed, you SHOULDN'T do anything.
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  • Profile picture of the author UMS
    This is a good thing. It means you have a redirect from your www hostname to the non-www hostname, rather than having them as 2 separate hostnames.

    Just make sure you build all your backlinks to the non-www version of your hostname and you'll be good.
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  • Profile picture of the author powerofschool
    Hi Mark,
    You need to check in the Domain Settings of your hist name.
    In settings, some of the domain sellers sites you need to enable the www. Option.
    Other wise your site will be opened as website.com .
    And Some times if you type www.website.com , it wont open .
    So Just go to the settings in Domain Management with your domain seller website and check with that. If you wont understand , just go to live chat with them or just give mail for support. They will help you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Markod123
    Thank you all for you help

    The website is built in Wordpress if this helps


    Many Thanks

    Marko
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  • Profile picture of the author Kezz
    Hey Marko,

    If you want the www to show up, all you have to do is go to Settings > General and make sure both the WordPress Address and Site Address have it included.
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