www and non www

  1. Great-X

    How to update GSC from non-www to www

    Hi, I have recently moved my website from non-www to www I have already set 301 Redirect from the non-www version to www. (Used .htaccess) Now, what's next? 1. Should I have to add the www site in the URL prefix? If yes, then should I have to remove the non-www website and continue with the...
  2. Davegnima

    HELP: expired domain with HTTP and www. How to restore or redirect it correctly?

    Hi, I just bought and expired domain that was live with only http and www. domain version. It has nice backlinks to inner posts so I want to recreate some of them in WordPress and keep link juice. How can I redirect specific old urls (http and www) to new ones (https and non www)? Do I need to...
  3. Wleaderz

    To use www. or not to use www. [backlinking]

    Hey, I have a question where I don't really find a good answer for. Let's say, I have a website, https://[companyname].com. Now I want to create backlinks towards this website. Towards which ''URL'' should this backlink link? I don't understand the difference. 1. [companyname].com 2...
  4. RJ3020

    Using www in url structure affects SEO?

    Hi, The title probably says everything. What's the best practice? Should I only use https then the domain name or should I use www after https? like https://www.example.com or https://example.com? Which is cooler in your opinion if SEO has nothing to do with www. :D Thanks, everyone :)
  5. Danny Crypto

    Including www in your domain matters or not?

    I think it as a silly question but then I start thinking it how Google will think if www is missing? Please let me know if I'm purely wrong and if not then correct me where I'm thinking wrong! Example: - Site 1 - xyz.com Site 2 - www.xyz.com both have ssl certification attached but which one...
  6. J

    Canonical Tag can be used as 301 redirect alternative??

    Hi , Can I use canonical tag as main alternative of 301 redirect for showing only one form of my website to google and also to remove the duplicate content issue. Because of my website which is made in Java(JSP) ,and lack of development support I am not able to set the 301 redirect in...
  7. pulkitseo

    How do I redirect non www pages to www on a windows server & index.php to abc.com for https ?

    Hello I have below listed requirements for re-directions : Redirection to be done is on secure server. Window server hence web config file is required (need coding) Non www to www url abce.com/index.php to abc.com Please help me with code. Below is the code which i find is right. <?xml...
  8. D

    Need suggestion on www and non-www in URL and website stats

    Hi My website is 2 months old. And my website indexed by google with non-www. I added both versions in google webmaster tools and selected www as preferred. But in wordpress settings i added non-www as below Can someone please suggest what I'm doing is correct or not? And also below are my...
  9. shaun_shaun

    www and non www both versions indexed in google.? pls help ?

    few days ago I created a new website,, all of my links were indexed in google as without www part (http://mysite.com) I wanted my urls to look like http://www.mysite.com so today I went to google webmasters tool and set my site's preferred url as http://www.mysite.com later I 301 redirect...
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