checking how many pages are indexed by google

i have allways use the search phrase site:www.arcadeflashgames.co.uk but this only shows 10 results if i do it without the www such as site:arcadeflashgames.co.uk i get 43 results.

do anyone know why this happen and what the best way to get an accurate result is?

i have set in webmaster tools for google to use the www. as my preferred domain and use a 301 to redirect non www. urls to the www. url.

 

hello:

site:www.domain.com

will show result indicate that How many pages of your site get listed at google.

www.domain.com or domain.com are search term

that mean wherever this search term found on the pages listed at google database that pages will come up.

hope you understand

thanks

 

same with me. My when I search for site:www.tv-series-on-dvd.blogspot.com it only shows the index page but when I type site:tv-series-on-dvd.blogspot.com it shows 4 but others are supplemental.

 

Try to set your preference in Google Webmaster's Tools.

 

301 is the best option. redirect w/o www to with www.

 

Yes you can use 301 redirect to see equal results

 

Make a .htaccess file and in it put something like:

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

That's what I do

 

The following blog post is the official post from Google explaining the main difference between them

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/03/using-site-command.html

 

site:www.yoursite.com

 

Its Different try to redirect http:mydomain.com to http:www.mydomain.com.

Because it shows different Results. try This One

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
rewritecond %{http_host} ^mydomain.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.mydomain.com/$1 [r=301,nc]

You just change the mydomain.com of your site URL...

 

I know, doing site: search with www and without www are different because some pages are indexed sometimes without the www.