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WWW or Without WWW

by boosters
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I want to know is it really required to add WWW before the domain name. I seen most of the sites are naked.. i mean without WWW.. so which one is good for viewers and SEO ?
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  • Profile picture of the author jonnyhardbaked
    Actually, it will depend on your mood if you want to add www or not. The real issue is how user can remember your URL. Also the thing that you need to check is the permanent redirect (non-www to www or vice versa) for seo purposes.
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    • Profile picture of the author neilshearing
      If your server is configured properly, using www or not will still show the webpage.

      However, to a search engine, the URLs with and without www are two different pages, so your best bet is to set up your server to redirect all requests to EITHER www OR non-www.

      To redirect all all non-www requests to your site to the www version add this code to your .htaccess file, or have your webhost do it...

      RewriteEngine On
      RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
      RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
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  • Profile picture of the author manson911
    Originally Posted by boosters View Post

    I want to know is it really required to add WWW before the domain name. I seen most of the sites are naked.. i mean without WWW.. so which one is good for viewers and SEO ?
    It does really matter what you choice, but make sure you have redirect set up on your site to www or other way arround to non-www domain name.

    Other wise google may see your site as two sites and will impact your ranking in google. So remember set up redirect and add your chosen domain name to google webmaster.

    Good Luck
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  • Profile picture of the author jovykhan
    This is just a matter of personal preference. Nothing much on SEO.
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  • Profile picture of the author Cosmit
    Originally Posted by boosters View Post

    I want to know is it really required to add WWW before the domain name. I seen most of the sites are naked.. i mean without WWW.. so which one is good for viewers and SEO ?
    If my domain name is short I usually go for WWW. If it's long, I remove WWW. This is just personal preference. Be sure you redirect both versions to the same URL.
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  • Profile picture of the author jaisonjohn
    It is always suggestable to have redirection from nonwww to www to get better scope for the website of getting better positions in Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author zpoll92
    I always go with WWW as it is the standard. However its not a problem if you go with non-WWW, it is just a personal preference.

    On the other hand I'd suggest you to have your server setup with non-WWW to WWW redirection. In this case no matter what people type, they will land on the WWW page.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ducksauce
    Personally I prefer www... do make sure you do the redirect for the non though.
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  • Profile picture of the author ibietela2
    I use Non www and that is what i set as my prefered domain on webmaster tools
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  • Profile picture of the author thedark
    I think if the domain name is long, you should go without the www. . I must reckon that when I see sites such paypal.com or google.com I find more trust if it is with the www. in front.

    However, when I start typing a url in browser to get the autocompletion, I type it without the www., because that way I have to write much more chars. More, when I post a link to another website on a blog, forum, etc, I usually type it without the www. ( takes less time ). It seems that the www. is almost redundant, and even we were used to type www. before every domain name, now it is not that needed.

    Some text editors on some forums or comment blogs will not hyperlink the urls if they do not containt http or www before.

    I used to go with www. but now it makes more sense to go without.
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