PR and 'www'???

[~ The 34 Year Buzz!!]

Hi all,

-A site I checked is PR5 with the 'www.' included and zero without.
How can I promote new sites to get good PR 'both ways' (with and without the 'www')?

-When there is an option (with text links, bought links, and some directories), should I always use and submit '..//www.domain.com' or '..//domain.com'

Thanks

 

[peet]

I'd point everything to domain.com cos it's less to type in. This should work in your htaccess file:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

 

[Aesthetic]

Peet, and how should he submit to directories?
domain.com? If he makes redirect, what PR will he have for domain.com?

 

[peet]

No, sorry, my reply was confusing. Submit www.domain.com if it already has pr5. Just swap the two domains over in the code above, so it redirects to www.domain.com

But for future domains that haven't got PR, I'd do it like I said in my last reply.

 

[squatter]

Hi all,

-A site I checked is PR5 with the 'www.' included and zero without.
How can I promote new sites to get good PR 'both ways' (with and without the 'www')?

-When there is an option (with text links, bought links, and some directories), should I always use and submit '..//www.domain.com' or '..//domain.com'

Thanks

Why do you need both sites? Just make a redirect to the one with www, it has a bigger PR, you won't lose anything.

 

[death001]

If you do a 301 redirect from www to no www or vise versa then they will both end up with the one page rank and links to each version should end up in the one PR

 

[-JC-]

Usually if you promote the domain.com it will spill over to www.domain.com ... it may not get the same PR value as the promoted domain.com but at least it will have a PR value. If you promote only the www.domain.com then that limits the PR to www.domain.com in most cases.

The above is just what I have observed from personal experience and is a theory of mine.

 

[Amnezia]

Usually if you promote the domain.com it will spill over to www.domain.com ... it may not get the same PR value as the promoted domain.com but at least it will have a PR value. If you promote only the www.domain.com then that limits the PR to www.domain.com in most cases.

The above is just what I have observed from personal experience and is a theory of mine.

well the idea is to limit the pagerank to just one domain. That way you have all the links pointing to one domain and receive greater benefit.

 

[dynamiteweb]

Yo want to point your main domain (domain.com) to www.domain.com, or vice It doesn't really matter which way you go. Just be consistent. Pick one (probably with www in your case) and have the non-www "redirect" to www. You can do that with a 301 redirect, or you can have your host admin change it on the back end. Most hosting companies could take care of it for you (I would hope).

 

[~ The 34 Year Buzz!!]

Thanks

Thanks all, for the advice. I'm going to start re-directing all new sites right from the start.