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**sketchyhost.com** · 08-14-2006, 02:39 PM

I've noticed many sites forcing the "www" - if you leave it, couldnt it be seen as two websites? Is it best to use a 301 to make it so its all at www ?

Thanks

**SEO Portal** · 08-14-2006, 02:43 PM

yes.. 301 to www. is the best solution to avoid duplicate content AND to profit from inbound links the most (ie; a link to site.com and a link to www.site.com would be treated seperate if not redirected)

**sketchyhost.com** · 08-14-2006, 04:07 PM

Thanks SEO Portal - I will do that

**Vi5** · 08-14-2006, 06:50 PM

I use mod_rewrite to do it

**sketchyhost.com** · 08-14-2006, 08:16 PM

I've done it using the following code in the .htaccess (using mod_rewrite of course)

Code:

Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yoursite.com [NC] 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http:||(nourl)www(d0t)yoursite.com/$1 [L,R=301]

**Antz** · 08-14-2006, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RMWebs

I've done it using the following code in the .htaccess (using mod_rewrite of course)

Code:

Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yoursite.com [NC] 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http:||(nourl)www(d0t)yoursite.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Thanks, I needed this, because my arcade is PR5 for www.name.com but PR0 for name.com