Preferred domain with google tools

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  • GoLiaT
    Confirmed User
    • Mar 2002
    • 1130

    #1

    Preferred domain with google tools

    have you guys setup your stuff so that both www and no-www is the same site ?

    some days my site is www and some days its not .. at google results
    what do you guys recommend ? to add Preferred domain ?
    "where ever you go..there you are."
  • DaddyMustang
    Confirmed User
    • May 2006
    • 1892

    #2
    i think that www is better

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    • GoLiaT
      Confirmed User
      • Mar 2002
      • 1130

      #3
      Originally posted by DaddyMustang
      i think that www is better
      well.. me to
      but i get results from both variations so if i change to one as default
      i am afraid that i will loose all listings...
      "where ever you go..there you are."

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      • webgeek
        Confirmed User
        • Mar 2007
        • 165

        #4
        prefered domain thing is mostly for sorting out the duplicate content issue.
        for example, your site might respond to www.abc.com/1.html and abc.com/1.html and xcv.abc.com/1.html with the same file.
        google thinks you're duplicating the same content on 3 subdomains.
        so by setting that you tell google which one is the correct copy which one is the duplicate to ignore.

        if I were you I'd check my backlinks and currently indexed pages at google and choose the subdomain that is most indexed and backlinked.
        this way you wouldn't lose your PR and indexed pages for the ones that you didn't choose.
        webgeek

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        • GoLiaT
          Confirmed User
          • Mar 2002
          • 1130

          #5
          Originally posted by webgeek
          prefered domain thing is mostly for sorting out the duplicate content issue.
          for example, your site might respond to www.abc.com/1.html and abc.com/1.html and xcv.abc.com/1.html with the same file.
          google thinks you're duplicating the same content on 3 subdomains.
          so by setting that you tell google which one is the correct copy which one is the duplicate to ignore.

          if I were you I'd check my backlinks and currently indexed pages at google and choose the subdomain that is most indexed and backlinked.
          this way you wouldn't lose your PR and indexed pages for the ones that you didn't choose.
          ok i so have most listed backlinks to www
          but some also to nowww
          so if i choose www , will google drop the pages with nowww i have listed in the serps ?
          and also not count the back links i have to the nowww ?
          "where ever you go..there you are."

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          • Altheon
            Confirmed User
            • May 2004
            • 506

            #6
            That is a nice tool but why don't you just sort it out automatically with .htaccess

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

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            • webgeek
              Confirmed User
              • Mar 2007
              • 165

              #7
              Originally posted by GoLiaT
              so if i choose www , will google drop the pages with nowww i have listed in the serps ?
              and also not count the back links i have to the nowww ?
              I'm not really sure about dropping the index but probably they'll have much lower PR. because google will find the same page with www.
              www one will be considered the original and nowww will be ignored.
              [if you don't do this google will consider your nowww as a duplicate content]
              webgeek

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              • fris
                Too lazy to set a custom title
                • Aug 2002
                • 55679

                #8
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                • StarkReality
                  Confirmed User
                  • May 2004
                  • 4444

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Altheon
                  That is a nice tool but why don't you just sort it out automatically with .htaccess

                  Code:
                  Options +FollowSymLinks 
                  RewriteEngine on 
                  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^YOURDOMAIN.com [NC] 
                  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/$1 [L,R=301]
                  That's it

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