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    The following site from an SEO perspective has the canonical domain problem. Its listed in google without the www but not with the www.

    xxxx.co.uk

    I need to change this so its only listed as the www. version. The best way to do this bearing in mind SEO implications is to do a permanent redirect of the non-www to the www of the domain. But when I do this in cpanel, the site will not load!

    Any ideas please, I need some help.

    Best regards,

    Steve
     
    thudufushi, May 25, 2006 IP
  2. mad4

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    Put this in a file called .htaccess and upload it to your site.

    RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^allblindsltd.co.uk
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.allblindsltd.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]
    Code (markup):
     
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  3. thudufushi

    thudufushi Well-Known Member

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    Done. I love you.

    But, does this help google ditch the .xxxxx.co.uk version in preference to spidering and listing the www. version?

    Thanks again
    STeve
     
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    What a 301 redirect (what you just added) does is tell google that url.com has moved permanently to www. url.com.

    So, the www. version should be preffered.

    Skinny
     
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  5. thudufushi

    thudufushi Well-Known Member

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    Perfect, cheers guys :)
     
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