Help - how to resolve www .. where to check

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    Hello SEO experts and knowledgeable ones..

    I have a site and when I did an SEO review, it said:

    Be careful! Your website without www doesn't redirect to www (or the opposite). It's duplicate content!

    "Be sure that http://xxx.com and http://www.xxx.com are not running in parallel.
    Redirecting requests from a non-preferred hostname is important because search engines consider URLs with and without "www" as two different websites.
    Once your preferred domain is set, use a 301 redirect for all traffic to your non-preferred domain."

    I dont have a 301 redirect on my .htaccess... I dont recall linking anything to www.xxx.com and just xxx.com, how can i verify?

    How do you check for this the easiest way?
     
    GoHalo3, Jun 10, 2011 IP
  2. derekad

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    choose also your preferred site in webmaster tools
     
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  3. 7dzine

    7dzine Active Member

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    Use htaccess code to resolve it.
     
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  4. revium

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    Once you have it setup and want to check if it is working, then go to a site that allows you to view http headers, like web-sniffer.net, and enter in the version of the site you want to redirect and hit enter. The page will reload showing you the http headers. If the status says 'HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently' and the Location shows the URL that you want to redirect to, then your site is redirecting properly.
     
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    Place correct code for 301 redirect in root directory using .htaccess file.
     
    ndarsana, Jun 12, 2011 IP
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    Place this on your htaccess file to redirect non-www to www
     
    Keppy, Jun 12, 2011 IP
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    use .htaccess code and also hv to verify in google webmaster
     
    online07, Jun 12, 2011 IP
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    "hv" means?
     
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  9. GoHalo3

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    I did check Google Webmaster that didn't see anything. I want the site to be with "www" ...
    When i tried to fix this on my .htaccess I got an error, keep in mind I am using Joomla so the .htaccess was defaulted to the what the CMS created.

    I did this;

    RedirectPermanent / http://www.mydomaon.com/

    Is that correct? It should be right but for some reason I get an error.. .
     
    GoHalo3, Jun 13, 2011 IP