Comments on: SEO: Does www. vs non-www. really make a difference? http://projects11.com/domainname/seo-does-www-vs-non-www-really-make-a-difference Tue, 22 May 2012 08:59:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: matto_uk http://projects11.com/domainname/seo-does-www-vs-non-www-really-make-a-difference/comment-page-1#comment-3476 matto_uk Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:52:59 +0000 http://projects11.com/domainname/seo-does-www-vs-non-www-really-make-a-difference#comment-3476 According to Google, as long as you choose one and stick with it, there should be no adverse impact on your page rank. If you use both www. and direct, the search engine may see one of the sites as a mirror, therefore decreasing the page rank of both or, worst case, de-listing you. You can add a simple .htaccess redirect to ensure that one goes to the other without a problem; also, using Google's sitemaster tools you can specify which one to use in the sitemap tool.<br><b>References : </b><br> According to Google, as long as you choose one and stick with it, there should be no adverse impact on your page rank.

If you use both http://www. and direct, the search engine may see one of the sites as a mirror, therefore decreasing the page rank of both or, worst case, de-listing you.

You can add a simple .htaccess redirect to ensure that one goes to the other without a problem; also, using Google’s sitemaster tools you can specify which one to use in the sitemap tool.
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