If I have incoming links for the keywords I want to anchor, and the link points to the www. version, yet my site is running a no www script, will I still get the benefits?
No, technically both are different URLs so the page rank will be divided between www and non www version of URL Redirect the non www version of the url to www Using 301 permanent redirect method. This way the link juice accumulated for non www url will be passed on to the url with www I hope this make sense.
damn. so instead of going from www. to non www, i'll have to do it the reverse way? what about if i doe a 301 redirect from www to non www?
you can use 301 redirect from one to the other. your backlinks will be transfered to the current site with this way