Change in site URL

by fanta81 Posted: 13 years ago 3 replies

I recently shifted my static website to WordPress and have realized that whenever I enter my site's name in the browser like www.nameofmywebsite.com it automatically redirects to nameofmywebsite.com ('www' gets removed automatically). I mean, it should display the name of the website in browser with 'www' but is strips that part and display only the site name.

Is this normal behavior of WordPress? Has anyone else experienced it?

Though, earlier it was working perfectly fine. Also, all pages of my site are index by Google as www.nameofmywebsite.com/FirstPost.php.

Will Google treat URL without 'www' as different URL and I can expect some change possibly decrease in search engine rankings?

Thanks

#search engine optimization #change #site #url

sanjayyadav 13 years ago

It's called canonical issue. You will have to fix it to see "www" including your website name.
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- MikeFriedman 13 years ago
  
  Go under the general settings and change the URL to the WWW version if that is what you were using before.
  
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Change in site URL

fanta81 • 13 years ago • 3 replies

I recently shifted my static website to WordPress and have realized that whenever I enter my site's name in the browser like www.nameofmywebsite.com it automatically redirects to nameofmywebsite.com ('www' gets removed automatically). I mean, it should display the name of the website in browser with 'www' but is strips that part and display only the site name. Is this normal behavior of WordPress? Has anyone else experienced it?