Comments on: Quick SEO Tip: Set Preferred Domain in Google Webmaster Tools http://devgrow.com/quick-seo-tip-set-preferred-domain-in-google-webmaster-tools/ Tips on web development, web design and online marketing Sun, 20 May 2012 11:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob http://devgrow.com/quick-seo-tip-set-preferred-domain-in-google-webmaster-tools/#comment-16904 Rob Sat, 05 May 2012 12:18:00 +0000 http://devgrow.com/?p=798#comment-16904 Hi there, I just checked with my hosting service and asked them for help in doing that. the answer: "Thank you for getting back to us. I have just checked and the website is already redirecting from:  http://sportsaudios.com to: http://www.sportsaudios.com You may make such redirects via your cPanel -> Redirects." I know that when I type in the first one it apparently re-directs to the other. Does that mean that also for indexing purpose the redirect is taking effect? thanks Hi there,

I just checked with my hosting service and asked them for help in doing that. the answer:

“Thank you for getting back to us.

I have just checked and the website is already redirecting from: 

http://sportsaudios.com

to:

http://www.sportsaudios.com

You may make such redirects via your cPanel -> Redirects.”

I know that when I type in the first one it apparently re-directs to the other. Does that mean that also for indexing purpose the redirect is taking effect?
thanks

]]> By: Ecommerce Guy http://devgrow.com/quick-seo-tip-set-preferred-domain-in-google-webmaster-tools/#comment-16813 Ecommerce Guy Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:17:00 +0000 http://devgrow.com/?p=798#comment-16813 Agreed!  We used www as the preferred domain.   Agreed!  We used www as the preferred domain.  

]]> By: Ecommerce Guys http://devgrow.com/quick-seo-tip-set-preferred-domain-in-google-webmaster-tools/#comment-16812 Ecommerce Guys Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:16:00 +0000 http://devgrow.com/?p=798#comment-16812 Great tip.  One that has proven useful for us!   Great tip.  One that has proven useful for us!  

]]> By: Techteem http://devgrow.com/quick-seo-tip-set-preferred-domain-in-google-webmaster-tools/#comment-16810 Techteem Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:03:00 +0000 http://devgrow.com/?p=798#comment-16810 nice post, It really helped me alot I used all the above step on my tech blog www.techteem.com and it really boosted my search ranking, thanks for the nice tips nice post, It really helped me alot I used all the above step on my tech blog http://www.techteem.com and it really boosted my search ranking, thanks for the nice tips

]]> By: PA Web http://devgrow.com/quick-seo-tip-set-preferred-domain-in-google-webmaster-tools/#comment-16799 PA Web Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:46:00 +0000 http://devgrow.com/?p=798#comment-16799 Is there a place in Bing Webmaster Tools to set a preferred domain?  Thanks! Is there a place in Bing Webmaster Tools to set a preferred domain?  Thanks!

]]> By: Anu P http://devgrow.com/quick-seo-tip-set-preferred-domain-in-google-webmaster-tools/#comment-16706 Anu P Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:50:00 +0000 http://devgrow.com/?p=798#comment-16706 I use Google webmaster tool and I never used the Bing one. I’m not sure that the results would reflect the big market performance since Bing has a small part of it. <a>song</a> I use Google webmaster tool and I never used the Bing one. I’m not sure that the results would reflect the big market performance since Bing has a small part of it.

song

]]> By: 6 Prefered Domain Sites | Best Hosting Companies http://devgrow.com/quick-seo-tip-set-preferred-domain-in-google-webmaster-tools/#comment-16704 6 Prefered Domain Sites | Best Hosting Companies Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:59:43 +0000 http://devgrow.com/?p=798#comment-16704 [...] Quick SEO Tip: Set Preferred Domain in Google Webmaster Tools .There are a few quick fixes you can apply to your site that can help boost your search rankings. If you haven't already [...] [...] Quick SEO Tip: Set Preferred Domain in Google Webmaster Tools .There are a few quick fixes you can apply to your site that can help boost your search rankings. If you haven't already [...]

]]> By: BT Internet http://devgrow.com/quick-seo-tip-set-preferred-domain-in-google-webmaster-tools/#comment-16582 BT Internet Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:58:00 +0000 http://devgrow.com/?p=798#comment-16582 "Hi I have a website without www now i have redirected it to www.example.com, now will google crawl my site, is there any thing i have 2 do with preferred domain settings?" If you specify your preferred domain as http://www.example.com and we find a link to http://example.com, we'll consider both links the same. ...whereas if you don't specify WWW as preferred .. Google may see it as two separate sites, which is not good, as it would seem to google that there is duplicate content - which is bad. “Hi

I have a website without www now i have redirected it to http://www.example.com, now will google crawl my site, is there any thing i have 2 do with preferred domain settings?”

If you specify your preferred domain as http://www.example.com and we find a link to http://example.com, we’ll consider both links the same.

…whereas if you don’t specify WWW as preferred .. Google may see it as two separate sites, which is not good, as it would seem to google that there is duplicate content – which is bad.

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