Domain.com and www.Domain.com Has Different PR

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by kochmas, Aug 22, 2009.

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    I find one of my domain has unbalance Page Rank .. for Domain.com its PR 0 and www.Domain.com its has PR Valid .. Anybody here has an Idea on how to balance its PR. So both for domain.com and www.domain.com have the same PR again ... thanks so much.
     
    kochmas, Aug 22, 2009 IP
  2. mjewel

    mjewel Prominent Member

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    You should only be using one of them to build backlinks - and it doesn't matter which one you use.

    If you have mod-rewrite, add this to you htaccess file to use www.yourdomainname.com : (replace "yourdomainname" with your actual domain name:

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomainname\.com$ [NC]
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yourdomainname.com/$1 [R=301,L]
     
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    You would have to choose a preferred domain which you can make either domain.com or www.domain.com. All search engine results would be forwarded to your preferred domain.

    For Google (PR), Google Support tells you how to set a preferred domain.
     
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  4. kochmas

    kochmas Greenhorn

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    @mjewel .. thanks .. but i still use Blogger for this domain, some use WP already. Can i access htaccess file in Blogger platform?

    @AssistantX .. so it's work in google webmaster? that i need to setting prefered domain?
     
    kochmas, Aug 22, 2009 IP
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    The code that mjewel gave can be used as well and will affect all (major) search engines. The Google Webmaster Tools method is a Google only fix. You do not need to do both though the Google Webmaster Tool method wouldn't hurt. Either way you choose, the object is to choose one form of your domain (www or non-www) to be THE form.
     
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  6. kochmas

    kochmas Greenhorn

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    Ok bro.. but can blogger change htacces file? Or i can permanent forward my domain.com to www.domain.com so this ensure that only www.domain.com that will be a primary destination for user and search engine? does this effect the same with changing htacces file?
     
    kochmas, Aug 23, 2009 IP
  7. kochmas

    kochmas Greenhorn

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    Its make my domain little unvaluable if it go to link business .. because its domain has PR4 for www.domain.com and has PR0 for domain.com.
     
    kochmas, Aug 23, 2009 IP
  8. mjewel

    mjewel Prominent Member

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    People (including link buyers) don't care if your site doesn't have PR without the www. Google sees them as two different sites. Building links for both just so they having matching PR is stupid and a waste of time.
     
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  9. kochmas

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    Ok ..thanks mjwel, this encourage me to develop this domain again .. because this is my first case has unbalace PR. Before your comment i just want to use this domain as dummy blog until its PR go balance. But if its ok and still can sell link and review in this domain, i'll develop this blog also. :)
     
    kochmas, Aug 23, 2009 IP