No-www refers to questions regarding the usage of domains without the A record www in front of the domain; topics may include questions regarding the removal of www, virtual host configuration, or the redirection process.
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www.*.us.com not being indexed, but *.us.com is on Google Webmasters
I've read the FAQ and searched the help center. My URL is http://www.etechsupport.us.com.
I have also done 301 redirect of no-www to www.
But www is not being indexed by Google and no-www is. My SEO ...
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Cannot access area of site using www, without it works
Struggling with this one.
I recently bought hosting and domain name. I have put a holding page on the site, plus installed wordpress in the directory /wordpress.
Going to ...
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Force url to use www [duplicate]
I'm confused about how to force my url to use www in the address.
I have a .htaccess code like this:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
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edited and reversed changes on .htaccess - site starts redirecting to .comindex.php/
Site is a Joomla 2.5 site. I wanted to add a non www to www redirect to the htaccess file, did so, then the redirection went mad, reversed but still the site redirects.
When i click view site in ...
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Using RegEx's in Multi-Channel Funnels in Google Analytics
For some reason, I can't get my multichannel funnel which utilizes RegEx's in the path steps to function -- it keeps coming back with no data. There are a few variables which may be holding things up, ...
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Removing “www.” from domain name and SEO
We are doing a big redesign work on our website, and at least 50% of the website folders will be moved to new places with different names (i.e. many URL will be changed). Sure, Google will need some ...
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trouble setting up dns for vps
I had registered a domain at namecheap and forwarded the DNS to my host at vps.net.
The strange thing is, when I did that the site was showing up. I even uploaded files and everything was displaying ...
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Use a custom domain and point to Tumblr blog
My domain mydomain.com is registered with GoDaddy. I wish to host my Tumblr blog on this domain with Nearly Free Speech hosting.
My active nameservers at GoDaddy already point to my authoritative ...
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Should I include “www” in my canonical URLs? What are the pros and cons?
What are the pros and cons of having http://www.example.com/ vs http://example.com/?
For example a problem I'm aware of is that if I use a domain without www I can't set a cookie for the current ...
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Site not accessible without www in url - Error 400 bad request
A site that I am developing works with the format www.domain.com but when typing the domain without the www i.e domain.com I receive a error 400 bad request. How can I enable non-www for my site.
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Need to remove www for only one sub directory from a domain
I have a domain like www.example.com. I need to remove www. from specified sub folder by using a .htaccess file.
Example :
www.example.com/blog should redirect to example.com
All other sub ...
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With www or without www? Which is better to use [duplicate]
I have just bought a new domain www.reversehacking.com ....
Which is better for SEO: http://reversehacking.com or http://www.reversehacking.com
I think people will make more links starting with ...
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website won't work without www. on 123-reg [duplicate]
I've got a website that works with my custom domain name with the www. but when I type it in without the www. it doesn't show up, and I've had customers wondering if my website is down because of ...
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Difference between canonical and base tag
I am a little bit confused regarding the usage of canonical tags and base tags.
I have placed canonical tag (rel="canonical") on my website because of my website opening with no-www. I have reviewed ...
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WWW.yoursite.com or HTTP://yoursite.com which one is futureproof?
http://yoursite.com
www.yoursite.com
http://www.yoursite.com
yoursite.com
Which of these would you choose as your favourite to work with, if you were to make a site for 2011 and beyond, which ...
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Why is ww35 used in some URLs? [duplicate]
A question asked on my website here http://www.wrangle.in/topic/av5b5ymlhoyc/what-is-the-difference-between-www-or-ww
I want to give them answer but I didn't find anywhere on google. So I thought ...
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Access denied to visit a site without www
Why can I visit my own site: http://www.example.com but not http://example.com, which gives me
HTTP Error 403 (Forbidden): The server refused to fulfill the request
How do it fix it?
I wrote ...
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Will a 301 redirect help in maintaining proper page rank?
I have http://www.example.com/article
Due to rampant content development by authors in my site, http://example.com/article has also been widely indexed by Google.
Now, both are there roughly in ...
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Why does my site only work with a www in the URL?
I'm a bit confused as the following points:
There is a simple text website, with no javascript, that works only with the prefix. http://www.mysite.corporation.com works but ...
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redirect non-www to www while preserving protocol
I am aware of the fact that there are tons of questions in this section and in server fault dealing with re-directions from non-www to www URLs. But I couldn't find one dealing with this issue while ...
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DNS records: make mydomain.com work without www
I am trying to configure DNS on my domain, however, I can only get it to work with the www prefix.
Right now I have the following DNS A records:
@ A 123.456.789
www A ...
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WWW in Sitemap URL's
I was under the impression that WWW was deprecated but a lot of the sitemap generators seem to rather i use it. I know that Google doesn't like if i mix the two, IE if the URL of the sitemap is ...
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SEO preference for WWW or HTTP:// protocol redirection? Do www websites rank better than NON-www?
After having read various articles on this site about WWW or Non-WWW website setup, here, here and here, and after having setup a correct redirection rule in .Htaccess to at least eliminate duplicate ...
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How to stop Google indexing both www. and no-www versions of my website
When I do a search of my site in Google it shows both:
mydomain.com
www.mydomain.com
In my .htaccess file I added code to redirect the non-www version to the www version, but both versions are ...
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Why is www. working but no-www is not?
Right now my site runs on http://www.example.com but I need to run that without www also i.e example.com
Can some body tell me here that how can i do that?
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Google Analytics - www version and non-www version
We have been using Google Analytics for a site http://example.com (non-www version). In a recent update, we have moved the site to http://www.example.com (www-version) with a 301 redirect from the ...
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I'm using a CNAME to send www. traffic to domain without www. Will this hurt my SEO? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does the “canonical name” in DNS make any difference to search engines?
Mu understanding is that CNAME should be used for subdomains and www is just another ...
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Deleted files still accessible without www in url
I have deleted all files and all hidden files off my server, there is nothing but log files which cannot be deleted.
Ironically, files are accessible when nothing is there. Cache cleared, multiple ...
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godaddy url forwarding while keeping relative path
I'm hosting my website on Google app engine and my domain name on Godaddy.
Google app engine does not allow you to have naked URLs. So it doesn't allow you to have example.com but does allow you to ...
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How do I hide a 301 redirect from my root domain?
I was analyzing my webpage SEO using an online tool where I saw that my http status for my root domain name www.caliberequipment.com was resulting in a 301 redirect to ...
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Issue with google indexes | non www URL
I have a website which has URL of kind https://www.example.com (Please notice HTTPS and www). It is the only correct URL of the website and I also have SSL certificate for www URL only.
I have added ...
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www and non www can suffer duplicated content
Do you know if i should use canonical tag, or 301 redirection from
http://mydomain.com to http://www.mydomain.com
To avoid duplicated content penalty in case other pages link to the domain without ...
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SSL Certification on both www and no-www domains
We've got our website running and HTTPS / SSL works just great.
EXCEPT: when users enter http://www.mydomain.com and then enter the secure area and get directed to https://www.mydomain.com it works ...
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Do I add both www and no-www for my Domain in Google webmaster tools?
When register my site to Google webmaster tools, which one should I register?
mydomain.com
www.mydomain.com
Both?
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2answers
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DNS question and Google PageRank from domains
I'm not so good at DNS at all but I do know some basics.
A while ago i have noticed, that my blog have different Page Ranks, PR 3 for domain www.example.com and PR 1 for domain example.com.
In dns ...
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Subdomain Is Redirected and Causing an Error Because www. is Added
On my site, say example.com, if I try to access test.example.com, Firefox automatically adds www. to test.example.com, making it www.test.example.com, which causes an error. However, if I visit a site ...
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How to redirect domain.com to www.domain.com with DNS and IIS?
How can I redirect example.com to www.example.com using DNS / IIS? I wish to do this for an asp.net web site to prevent duplicate contents (Bad for SEO).
I had 2 a record in dns (Windows Server ...
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301 Redirect from www to non-www without using VHOST
I have my web application running on EC2 with Apache. I want to redirect www to non-www. On searching Google, I used this but it leads to redirect loop:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName ...
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What is the best way to redirect my naked domain?
I have example.com, which points to web server using A records, I want to redirect all traffic from www.example.com to example.com.
As far as i know these are methods,
301 HTML redirect from www to ...
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What does WWW do?
To be clear: I am not asking whether or not I should use www in my url, or what the pros and cons are, that topic is well covered. I also wasn't sure if this was a Stack Overflow, Server Fault, or ...
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Website on S3: Multiple subdomains to one Bucket?
I'd like to host a website on Amazon S3. What's the best practice to make a site accessible from both example.com and www.example.com?
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Proper way to move Google Analytics code from one site to another one
Currently, I use Google Analytics for www.example.com. example.com is also added to GA and shows "Tracking not installed".
Recently I added rewrite rule (301 redirect) to redirect all requests from ...
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When using Google Sites with a Godaddy domain, how do you alias example.com to www.example.com?
I know how to do this in an Apache2 config file and my own DNS configuration... But here I'm forced to host the site at Google Apps and the DNS at Goddady.com. What's the easiest way to alias ...
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Different data for www and no-www in Google Webmasters Tools
My Webmasters Tools home page contains example.com and www.example.com in the sites section.
There is a rewrite rule (301 redirect) on my server that redirects all requests from www.example.com to ...
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Google analytics tracking www and no-www domains
Our website is set up to direct all traffic for www.example.com to example.com with a line in the htaccess file. With Google analytics new in page analytics feature we are thinking of removing the ...
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Confused about domain names
I am confused about the difference between http://www.example.com and http://example.com, is that true "www" is actually the subdomain of domain example.com? Do people usually redirect from ...
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Wordpress layout and font changes between www.example.com/blog and example.com/blog
A WordPress installation using http://www.example.com/blog shows a wrong font (and due to that a wrong layout) whereas using http://example.com/blog shows the correct font and layout.
This happens on ...
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domain.com to www.domain.com .htaccess redirect working except one subdir
I've setup a redirect in .htaccess to consolidate domain.com to www.domain.com traffic on our Apache server.
Looks like this:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ...
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Add a record in my panel route my domain from host.com to www.host.com in dot net panel [duplicate]
Is there a way to enter a new register to route all the request to myhost.com to www.myhost.com in the dot net panel.
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.htaccess non-www to www rule seems to work but the URL isn't changing in the address bar
On a joomla site, apache, shared hosting, I'm using next .htaccess rule:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
The problem is that the browser's ...
