What does www1, www2, www3....etc depict?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by mellisajohn, Jan 7, 2010.

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    Hi,
    Lately have noticed some sites starting with http://www1...,http://www2...
    etc.How does it differ from the common http://www.name.com?
    How does one configure such settings for a site?


    Regards
    Mellisa
     
    mellisajohn, Jan 7, 2010 IP
  2. erestor

    erestor Peon

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    its mean they are using sub domain.
     
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  3. bogi

    bogi Well-Known Member

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    A record inside a domain, or subdomain might refer to a hostname, or a service provided by a number of machines in a cluster. Some websites use different subdomains to point to different server clusters. For example, www.example.com points to Server Cluster 1 or Datacentre 1, and www2.example.com points to Server Cluster 2 or Datacentre 2, etc.

    You can configure subdomains in your control panel (cPanel, DirectAdmin etc)
     
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    abhijit Notable Member

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    use subdomains with www1..............and change the setting for crawler to crawl your website without www
     
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    Bohra Prominent Member

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    its just a subdomains infact even www. is also a subdomain universally used and connected to the main site
     
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    Canonical Well-Known Member

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    It's a poor man's version of load balancing. Using this technique is terrible from and SEO perspective because it introduces URL canonicalization issues, duplicate content issues, and split page rank/link juice.
     
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