Google sees different page count even though same site??

Discussion in 'Websites' started by cshetler, Oct 17, 2005.

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  1. #1
    Hello!
    Anyone know why Google sees our site as having a different page count depending on if we check the domain w/ the www, without the www, and with an "/" put at the end of the domain name?

    We had a rather expensive SEO company bring this to our attention originally, they said it was because our site needed to be fixed on the server level, that it needed to always resolve to the www version... that we were losing page rank, etc., because everything was basically being spread out and thus weakened over the different domain variations...

    So, we went to our hosting provider who provided us with this info, which we implemented... they said:

    "Make a .htaccess file in your www directory with the following:
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^xxxxxxxxxxxx.biz [NC]
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxx.biz/$1 [R]"

    (Note, I just put in the xxxxxxxxxxxx's for the domain name)

    Sorry to ramble, but Google *still* sees us as having different page counts more than 30 days later, even though the redirect, above, seems to be working...

    Any help/pearls of wisdom/experience w/ this???? Thank you!!!!!!
     
    cshetler, Oct 17, 2005 IP
  2. mcdar

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    I concur with the advise that was given you.

    Just be patient. Google seems to take forever updating indexed pages.

    Caryl
     
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  3. cshetler

    cshetler Guest

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    Thank you. Do you think the method used, the htaccess way shown is correct too? Or would a permanent 301 be better?

    Thanks again, now that is all we are left wondering. :)
     
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  4. Shoemoney

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    Here is what I recommend.

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

    I honestly am not sure how much this would differ then what you have. Its just what I always use.
     
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  5. mcdar

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    If you have access to your control panel you could do a permanent redirect. Either way is just as effective.

    Caryl
     
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    Thank you both. :)
     
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    .htacess puts more load on the server than a direct entry in the httpd.conf (or whatever).
    If you use the .htaccess route, then that file gets checked everytime a page (in that directory or a sub-directory) gets loaded.
    It will work fine though in either method depending upon how busy your sites is.

    change the [R] to [R=301] as pointed out by Shoemoney. [R] defaults to a 302 redirect unless specifically told otherwise.
     
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