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www prefix question

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  • 04-11-2010 4:09pm
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    Essien
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭


    Why do my sites have a version with the www. prefix and one without it? I'd rather all traffic went to the www. version, is there a way to ensure this happens?

    Also, does it affect my Google analytics stats? When I check it it says the tracking is installed on www.**********.com but when I search for it in Google I always find the one without the www. prefix.


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    silurian1980
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭silurian1980


    Essien wrote: »
    Why do my sites have a version with the www. prefix and one without it? I'd rather all traffic went to the www. version, is there a way to ensure this happens?

    Also, does it affect my Google analytics stats? When I check it it says the tracking is installed on www.**********.com but when I search for it in Google I always find the one without the www. prefix.


    I have this too. I just renewed my hosting and all of a sudden the www... does not work, only the http://...

    Concerned this affect the google rankings I've earned!


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    Shzm
    Registered Users Posts: 947 ✭✭✭Shzm


    Essien wrote: »
    Why do my sites have a version with the www. prefix and one without it? I'd rather all traffic went to the www. version, is there a way to ensure this happens?

    Also, does it affect my Google analytics stats? When I check it it says the tracking is installed on www.**********.com but when I search for it in Google I always find the one without the www. prefix.

    Yes, use a 301 redirect to redirect the non-www to the www.

    A quick google will show you how to do it.


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    was.deevey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭was.deevey


    you can use your .htaccess file if your are on an apache server to do this as well

    add the lines ....
    RewriteEngine On

    #Force www. prefix
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]


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    adm
    Registered Users Posts: 342 ✭✭adm


    silurian1980 wrote: »
    I have this too. I just renewed my hosting and all of a sudden the www... does not work, only the http://...

    Concerned this affect the google rankings I've earned!

    This usually means the DNS for your domain is not setup correctly. I would contact whoever controls the domain for you.


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