Probably an Easy Solution, but I can't figure it out... Help please!

[WebInvestor]

Hey Guys,

So I'm trying to rank for keyword X

I'm #4 for my keyword, and in the SERPS it shows up as:

TITLE
DESCRIPTION
mywebsite dot com

Now, I made 250+ backlinks to my site, but for some reason they only show relevance to:

TITLE
DESCRIPTION
www dot mywebsite dot com

The difference is the folder with the www and the one without. I understand that SE's will read them differently, but how to I make it so that the 250+ backlinks for www dot mywebsite dot com work for mywebsite.com

or even better:

How do i make www dot mywebsite dot com come up as a listing.


I appreciate your time

 

[thedorf]

Not exactly sure which way you are wanting to go.

You can set the display in G from within G webmaster tools.

Otherwise, the following will forward yourDomain . com to www . yourDomain . com

For the website, use a .htaccess file in the root public-html directory. Mine looks like:

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

The above will forward everything to www . yourdomain . com - you can reverse it to send everything to http // yourDomain .com

I continue and forward my index.php (you can do this for index.html also) to the www . yourDomain .com also:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /([^/]+/)*index\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*)index\.php$ /$1 [R=301,L]

If you have index.html change php above to html...

 

[Deleted Member 112605]

usually folders that have for example: folder.website.com will show up as that other then http://www.folder.website.com

Helps?

 

[WebInvestor]

Hey THANKS!

Quick question:

My site is on a " Add On Domain" on a main Root Domain

Do I just add the htaccess to the add on domain main folder

 

[┼blackrat┼]

 

[thedorf]

My site is on a " Add On Domain" on a main Root Domain

Do I just add the htaccess to the add on domain main folder

That sounds right but you'll have to try it to be sure...I don't run add on domains as I have a reseller account.