Hosting and domains. need to clarify things

I hope this article helps you.

And here is Google's explanation of the difference between http:// and http://www.

Here is the Q&A from Matt Cutts:

Q: What is a canonical url? Do you have to use such a weird word, anyway?

A: Sorry that it’s a strange word; that’s what we call it around Google. Canonicalization is the process of picking the best url when there are several choices, and it usually refers to home pages. For example, most people would consider these the same urls:
Example Web Page
example.com/
Example Web Page
example.com/home.asp
But technically all of these urls are different. A web server could return completely different content for all the urls above. When Google “canonicalizes” a url, we try to pick the url that seems like the best representative from that set.

Q: So how do I make sure that Google picks the url that I want?
A: One thing that helps is to pick the url that you want and use that url consistently across your entire site. For example, don’t make half of your links go to Example Web Page and the other half go to Example Web Page . Instead, pick the url you prefer and always use that format for your internal links.

Q: Is there anything else I can do?
A: Yes. Suppose you want your default url to be Example Web Page . You can make your webserver so that if someone requests Example Web Page, it does a 301 (permanent) redirect to Example Web Page . That helps Google know which url you prefer to be canonical. Adding a 301 redirect can be an especially good idea if your site changes often (e.g. dynamic content, a blog, etc.).

Q: If I want to get rid of domain.com but keep www.domain.com, should I use the url removal tool to remove domain.com?
A: No, definitely don’t do this. If you remove one of the www vs. non-www hostnames, it can end up removing your whole domain for six months. Definitely don’t do this. If you did use the url removal tool to remove your entire domain when you actually only wanted to remove the www or non-www version of your domain, do a reinclusion request and mention that you removed your entire domain by accident using the url removal tool and that you’d like it reincluded.

thank you.

So am I right, that there is no difference between the www and non-www domains?! and also the same with the com/something/ and com/something ?!

so any other thoughts?

David

www does not make a difference as far as I know.

redcolour.com/bluecolour will rank better for blue color. Keyword should be in the url.

David,
Here's a tip - do NOT use a free host. The minute you get any traffic your site could be pulled. They may also stick ads all over your site.
I understand you are counting the pennies but hosting is a must I'm afraid otherwise all your hard work could be lost before you make any money. I'd suggest you look at hosts like hostgator.com that offer you a months hosting for free and then it's like $5 on their basic package.
Just my 2 cents.

Rich

yea I know that hosting is really important

BUT I bought a webhost for my first website (I picked a bad keyword so I get 1$ per month ... LOL) and I payed around 90$ for 1 year. It looked great, everything you need expect the fact it can only be used with ONE domain ... I didn't know that as I bought it because i was a newbie ... and now I can't pay a new host for a year once. I was looking for a monthly payment but haven't discovered a webhost so far ... if you have any suggestions I would be happy to know it.

David

hmm ... I already was in a chat with one of the hostgator guys and he said to me that there isn't a monthly option ... I am from Europe, so calling there will cost me more than the webspace I will look if I can find something on their page ... we'll see ...

Thanks for the tips. This could help me a lot

David

Ok I chatted with another hostgator staff member and he confirmed what you say. there is the month-to-month possibility Thanks a lot that you have opened my eyes

David

Removing the www by itself doesn't make any difference, since its just a subdomain. If you have www(.)domain.com and domain.com both pointing to the same site tho, Google will rank it as two different sites for SEO purposes.