Hi I have bought a domain through godaddy. My site is different with www and without www in front of site name... It is really confusing me and spoils my site Please help to solve this problem. Kindly tell me what all the steps should i make in Go daddy to solve at the earliest
What exactly is different? Is it not displaying properly, displaying old data or an entirely different site? Check the .htaccess file to make sure no re-directs are already in place.
.... and then do a redirect so the non www version will not show anyway, avoiding cannonical results.
301 redirect in .htaccess, google how to do it if you don't know. Also go to google webmaster tools and set preferred domain version.
Add this to your .htaccess file: Alternatively, you may add this HTML code to your pages: <link rel="canonical" href="http://www.example.com" /> HTML: More info: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/specify-your-canonical.html If you still have problem check your DNS setting if the A record and "www" point the same IP or www is alias.
Yes, a htaccess rule can do it. Alternatively, you can set a preferred domain at Google Webmaster Tools.
This is all correct. Only thing I can add is Google recommends that you focus on one or the other, not both. So pick one and promote only that url everywhere including on the site.
Hi, You should check your site and Check the .htaccess at the control panel of your site. Best way to solve this issue is 301 redirect or URL. Ask your site developer to do this for you, he will have to create one script, which will run on server side and automatically change the URL in the way you want them.