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Website non-www and www

by ryder553
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#nonwww #website #www
  • Profile picture of the author tweakr
    No it's not a problem it's just more of a preference thing.

    As for changing which your site uses it depends what software your using, some like WordPress have the settings in the admin section and other you might need to change the htaccess file.
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    • Profile picture of the author ryder553
      Originally Posted by tweakr View Post

      No it's not a problem it's just more of a preference thing.

      As for changing which your site uses it depends what software your using, some like WordPress have the settings in the admin section and other you might need to change the htaccess file.
      OK, I just fixed it in the Wordpress admin panel.
      I was in fact http://example.com for the WordPress URL and site URL so I changed them both to http://www.example.com

      What do I need to do with the .htaccess so Google won't index the duplicate sites?
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  • Profile picture of the author frenchsquared
    that will mess up you indexing in Google for a while. I would have left it alone.
    Wordpress will take care of the htaccess file
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    • Profile picture of the author ryder553
      Originally Posted by frenchsquared View Post

      that will mess up you indexing in Google for a while. I would have left it alone.
      Wordpress will take care of the htaccess file
      Should I change it back?
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  • Profile picture of the author frenchsquared
    if you have any real organic traffic I would put it back.
    If you get 2 or 3 hits a day then don't bother.

    A site like deal of day, or retail me not would lose a few thousand visits a day if
    they did that.
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    • Profile picture of the author ryder553
      Originally Posted by frenchsquared View Post

      if you have any real organic traffic I would put it back.
      If you get 2 or 3 hits a day then don't bother.

      A site like deal of day, or retail me not would lose a few thousand visits a day if
      they did that.
      Yeah, my site is a brand new blog and I only have the "Hello World!" post on it.
      I don't think it will suffer.
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  • Profile picture of the author blogfreakz
    check this out for more info... 301 Redirects and www/non-www Canonical Problems
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    It was perfect with the non-www... why do you have to mess with stuff you don't understand?

    Anyway, pick one - and stick to it as long as you use the domain. ALWAYS link to it exclusively with the one version you decided to go with.

    Finally, the www is an obsolete remnant from the early days of this web thingy - you don't need it.
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