Domain.com or domain.com Which u will vote for

[rcep]

i sometime 2 years ago created topic on a forum which is better to have my links on other sites as http://www.domain.com or http://domain.com

Please vote and if u like to comment better ;0

 

[MJ]

It depends on the domain name IMO. I like how google gives you the option in webmaster tools to list your site with or without the WWW prefixing it. I think its more astetics though.. some sites look better with www and some just straight domain.com. I consult with my psychologist before deciding and she tells me what will look better :hehe:

 

[Keral_Patel]

If you are going to use then use one and stick to it.

You can also use .htaccess to overcome this stuff. Or even webmaster account on google.

But I personally don't use it and I just stick to the www.domainname.com stuff.

But yes it is personal opinion. Many will have other opinions.

In past 4 years I never had any problems with this setup.

 

[Hafsoh]

Both are okay, but anyone you choose just stick to that, to me i prefer http://www.domain.com/.

 

[rcep]

i think with www is good with short domains
for long domains shouldnt have a www

 

[Keral_Patel]

When people click it doesn't matters which one they click as it is only going to be a click.

When people type. Yes those www. is 4 keystrokes extra. But anyway if they land on non www. version of the site then also they will be able to see the site itself

 

[Porte]

It matters only for building links. Nick taught me this a few months ago, you need to market it or build links for one only not both. with www or without its personal choice. I go with non www. to keep it shorter.

Could possibly someone put the htaccess to refer www. to non www as well. I've missed that :santa:

 

[Keral_Patel]

Could possibly someone put the htaccess to refer www. to non www as well. I've missed that :santa:

Here it is

http://www.namepros.com/webmaster-tutorials/372675-redirecting-sitename-to-www-sitename.html

 

[redwizardstudios]

On the control panel software i use each site in IIS handles www and non-www sites. I'm currently in the process of going thru all the sites, removing the non-www site handling and creating secondary sites with a 404 handler that redirects to the www version of the site. This is to avoid canoconical issues on google between www and non www. e.g. if you mix your links up and have some inbound links for www and some for non-www google treats them as seperate sites, one of them will get duplicate content penalties and the links will be split between the 2 sites. by using a 404 redirect on a second site to the first one(non-www -> www) using a 301 redirect I can transfer any pagerank/inbound link juice so it all counts for the one site (and you dont get duplication penalties. I'm doing this because im on IIS and i dont have access to a rewriter(yet).


Darren

 

[DomainMagnate]

www is best, because it's usually the default

 

[Shane]

I almost never type www. so I prefer to use non-www

 

[angilina]

I will say that we 301 redirect non www to www.domain.com