Do you set your preferred domain as http:// or http://www

From what I've read it's good to choose either http://domain or http://www.domain for SEO efforts.

What do you use and is there any difference other than your tastes?

 

Choose whatever you want, but 301 one to the other and build all your links with one only. You can also specify what url you want to Google- the www or the non www

 

I prefer http:// to http://www. but that is just personal prefrence. If you enter this code into your .htaccess and it will redirect anyone that goes to http://www.domain.com to http://domain.com. Just replace the red information with your domains information.

 

Thanks for the tips

Elsewhere, I've read that I should use this code to go from http://www to http://

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

Code (markup):

There are a few slight differences in this code from the one posted above. Can someone explain what the difference in functionality is? (I know I need to learn about this stuff sometime.)

 

its better to use both of http://domain and http://www.domain for the website because not all the users are using www. so, for good purpose make use the that two by using the .htaccess apache. dont forget to know what server are you using because its a different .htaccess.
cheers

 

If you're asking what URL to use on your signature or links? Better use of the whole URL (http://www.domain) so that in checking your backlinks, http://domain can also be counted.

 

i choose http://www. i dont feel comportable without www.

 

I actually usually don't use the www. in front. I setup my .htaccess to just remove it if someone types it in.