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kind of confused what URL I should be promoting...

by aprilm
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My first site is a Wordpress site. When I type in the address into the URL bar as www.mysite.com, the URL changes to http://mysite.com.

Then I read that Google looks at www.mysite.com and http://mysite.com as 2 separate URLs and you will get ranked for both of them?

Is this true? And should I only be obtaining backlinks for the http://mysite.com and not the www version? (I have zero backlinks so far, so going back and changing things up would not affect much)

What is better for SEO?

Thanks in advance!
#confused #kind #promoting #url
  • Profile picture of the author eleven
    You should combine the http: and www so that when you are link building your site the customer and visitors did not confused.
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  • Profile picture of the author Memphisto
    use 301 redirect..redirect all traffic from yourdomain[dot]com to www[dot]yourdomain[dot]com to avoid duplicate content.hope it helps
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  • Profile picture of the author Black Hat Cat
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    Originally Posted by aprilm View Post

    My first site is a Wordpress site. When I type in the address into the URL bar as www.mysite.com, the URL changes to http://mysite.com.
    I believe you can change this within Wordpress. Just go to General Settings, and where it says "wordpress address(url)" and "blog address(url)", change http://mysite.com to http://www.mysite.com .
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    • Profile picture of the author aprilm
      Originally Posted by Black Hat Cat View Post

      I believe you can change this within Wordpress. Just go to General Settings, and where it says "wordpress address(url)" and "blog address(url)", change http://mysite.com to http://www.mysite.com .

      Oh it worked! Thank you so much!
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