Is It Better To Link Without WWW.

**WiredGuy** · 10-03-2007, 10:56 AM

Being consistent is better. It makes no difference but once you start with a linking format, stick to it. Having it mixed will likely split up the number of links until Google sees the two sites as the same.
WG

**Altheon** · 10-03-2007, 11:29 AM

To add to what WG said. Which ever you choose make sure to 301 redirect to the other to avoid the duplicate content penalty.

**Az A Bay Bay** · 10-03-2007, 11:33 AM

whtevR yall think

**Vendot** · 10-03-2007, 02:10 PM

Originally posted by Altheon

To add to what WG said. Which ever you choose make sure to 301 redirect to the other to avoid the duplicate content penalty.

im confused... why would you redirect one to the other?

**Porko** · 10-03-2007, 02:14 PM

its the same i think..

**directfiesta** · 10-03-2007, 02:16 PM

Originally posted by Porko

its the same i think..

Yes... and no.

As an example for NO, if you install a SSL on domain.com, but your surfer comes from www.domain.com. it will show as unsecure and coming from a different site....

**Flynn** · 10-03-2007, 02:17 PM

Originally posted by vendot

im confused... why would you redirect one to the other?

because places like yahoo will penalize you for having duplicate content out there.

**xsabn** · 10-03-2007, 02:18 PM

im confused... why would you redirect one to the other?

add these lines in your .htaccess if you want your http://yourdomain.com to become http://www.yourdomain.com

Code:

Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^[B]yourdomain.com[/B] [NC] 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ [B]http://www.yourdomain.com/[/B]$1 [L,R=301]

**V_RocKs** · 10-03-2007, 02:20 PM

Consistency is the key.

**JamesK** · 10-03-2007, 02:22 PM

Originally posted by xsabn

add these lines in your .htaccess if you want your http://yourdomain.com to become http://www.yourdomain.com

Code:

Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^[B]yourdomain.com[/B] [NC] 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ [B]http://www.yourdomain.com/[/B]$1 [L,R=301]

Thanks but does that not conflict with subdomains?

**xsabn** · 10-03-2007, 02:26 PM

Originally posted by JamesK

Thanks but does that not conflict with subdomains?

nope

you can even make your http://subdomain.domain.com to redirect on http://www.subdomain.domain.com (if this make you happy

) or vice versa.

**Vick!** · 10-03-2007, 04:27 PM

Originally posted by vendot

im confused... why would you redirect one to the other?

To make sure the link juice to the one is properly passed to the other one. Its like funneling PR (and other link benefits) of both www. and non-www. version to the one you choose.

**StarkReality** · 10-03-2007, 04:44 PM

Originally posted by xsabn

add these lines in your .htaccess if you want your http://yourdomain.com to become http://www.yourdomain.com

Code:

Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^[B]yourdomain.com[/B] [NC] 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ [B]http://www.yourdomain.com/[/B]$1 [L,R=301]

Exactly ! It works the other way round as well. Whatever you do, make sure you have one standard definition for every domain, because getting www.domain.com and domain.com indexed means duplicate content that can easily hurt your rankings. Just one "wrong" link without the code above in your .htaccess could mess with your SE traffic.

I personally prefer the www.domain.com, surfers are used to www, although it is, technically seen, a subdomain of domain.com.

**Vendot** · 10-04-2007, 12:20 AM

OK so using this rewrite code, what do i need to do to make sure all my PR goes to domain.com

What is the code i need to put and where does it go?

**Vick!** · 10-05-2007, 06:22 AM

Originally posted by vendot

OK so using this rewrite code, what do i need to do to make sure all my PR goes to domain.com

What is the code i need to put and where does it go?

Are you sure you want all your PR goes to domain.com but not www.domain.com?

If so,

(www to non-www version)

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond &#37;{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.domain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

If you need reverse of this,

(non-www to www version)

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

**JamesK** · 10-05-2007, 06:24 AM

Cool thanks a lot guys, finally a thread that's worth being bookmarked

Is It Better To Link Without WWW.

Is It Better To Link Without WWW.

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