No www in web address

[MildSeven]

Hi, I have a site that's web address is http://******.com, instead of http:///www.******.com. Does not having the www impact SEO at all?

 

[Sameh]

Does "http:///www.******.com" redirect to "http://******.com" ?

 

[dmi]

Use Google to find something about .htaccess and you'll understand what it's all about. With a few lines of code, you can work that out easily.

 

[MildSeven]

Does "http:///www.******.com" redirect to "http://******.com" ?

Yes it does.

 

[Peter]

make sure that isa 301 redirect and it shouldn't make any impact at all.

 

[weblord]

then it's seo friendly/safe.

Yes it does.

 

[Mesa SEO Solutions]

make sure that isa 301 redirect and it shouldn't make any impact at all.

Yep, that works!

 

[Keral_Patel]

First of all you can go to your webmaster account on google and select the URL with or without www. to be considered for google search engine.

But if you still want a user to always land on www. version of the site then you can use the following code in .htaccess file

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

 

[angilina]

Having or not having www in your site's address has no impact on SEO.

 

[Jacklin]

Its 0k if its redirect .. I think so its completely SEO friendly then

Yes it does.

 

[~ServerPoint~]

I have heard that some SE (not google) prefer www and give more value for such websites in SERP
Is it truth?

 

[Kryvast]

You should read Matt Cutts advice about URL Canonicalization http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-advice-url-canonicalization/

 

[Sameh]

I have heard that some SE (not google) prefer www and give more value for such websites in SERP
Is it truth?

Never heard of that and I don't think it's true IMO.


I prefer the www. version anyway.

 

[vlad230]

The idea is to have one or the other but not both because google may consider it duplicate content.