Domain PR www. and no www.

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by Gomar, Sep 27, 2007.

  1. #1
    I have a domain with PR, but it only shows with its without www.

    I know this is not like uncommon. Just want to know what does this mean and any advice or anything.

    Thanks
    Much Appreciated
     
    Gomar, Sep 27, 2007 IP
  2. infogle

    infogle Prominent Member

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    It happens sometime as google cache some url and some not... so the url's which are cached are only displayed in the url... this can be for the time being as this happens to many of the websites..

    hope it helps
     
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  3. amanamission

    amanamission Notable Member

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    Do a 301 redirect from non-www to www. Otherwise, you may develop duplicate content issues and link splitting.
     
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  4. Grumps

    Grumps Peon

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    Its not uncommon, it happens to everyone. Google treat www. and without www. as a different site.
     
    Grumps, Sep 27, 2007 IP
  5. Gomar

    Gomar Well-Known Member

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    I c, so if you get backlinks for one and not the other, this is what happens. I have no idea what amanamission is saying btw. Whats 301 redirect from non-www to www and how would you do that?
     
    Gomar, Sep 27, 2007 IP
  6. amanamission

    amanamission Notable Member

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    A 301 is a permanent redirect. Visitors and bots will be sent to www.yoursite.com whenever typing in or linking through to the variant (non-www).

    There are several ways to do this, but the best is mod_rewrite assuming your server supports it. Just put the code in your .htaccess.


    In addition to setting my preference in webmaster tools, I also use this mod_rewrite in .htaccess (Apache server):

    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /([^/]*/)*index\.html? [NC]
    RewriteRule ^(([^/]*/)*)index\.html?$ http://www.yoursite.com/$1 [R=301,L]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yoursite\.com [NC]
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yoursite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

    This addresses several canonicalization issues, including index.html and non-www versions.
     
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  7. Armaan143

    Armaan143 Well-Known Member

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    yes i also got this
    this happened with google blogspot blog at custom domain.
     
    Armaan143, Sep 27, 2007 IP
  8. dzinga1

    dzinga1 Active Member

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    Google treats these as separate domains
     
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  9. gsv13

    gsv13 Well-Known Member

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    get your site verified in google webmaster tool and select there which one you want there ............. your site will be indexed accordingly and also the PR :D
     
    gsv13, Sep 27, 2007 IP
  10. Pixelrage

    Pixelrage Peon

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    Doesnt the option in Google Webmaster (URL preference) do the same thing as a 301 re-direct?
     
    Pixelrage, Sep 27, 2007 IP