Hey guys, the whole "www and non www" issue is somewhat confusing to me... Actually, I don't get it at all. :) It seems all websites are accessible by typing in www or non www so how do I know if I'm having canonicalization issues with my site? Also, I just noticed today that when I login to Google webmaster tools it now has TWO sites listed for my site (a www and a non www version) I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not, but I feel like its bad.
Here is our site sheffieldfurniture.com
Thanks to anyone that can help shed some light on this subject!
Many people have the same problem, but you can use 301 orientation to let a url point to the more traffic url.
Well both your URLs (www and non www) are opening the same page and you might get penalized for duplicate content. Yes, it is a bad practice to keep two versions of the same thing.
Choose the URL you prefer to keep and use a 301 redirect to the preferred page which makes it easier for Google to know which URL is canonical.
Refer to this link for canonicalization queries
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-advice-url-canonicalization/
Hi everyone,
Well both your URLs (www and non www) are opening the same page and you might get penalized for duplicate content. Yes, it is a bad practice to keep two versions of the same thing.
Choose the URL you prefer to keep and use a 301 redirect to the preferred page which makes it easier for Google to know which URL is canonical.
Thanks a lot
Richard Smith
Online Reputation Management (http://www.reputationhead.com/online-reputation-management/)
Redirect 301 is the best option otherwise your site penalized by Google.Many webmaster doesn't give any importance towards that issue and result is 0....
Good topic but don't have much idea about this question.