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Old 10-26-2009, 11:11 AM
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Default Site Indexed with www and without

It looks to me that Google has indexed my site both with the www and without. Is there a way to make sure Google only indexes the site 1 way?
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Old 10-26-2009, 11:16 AM
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Default Re: Site Indexed with www and without

Which site? This one? http://sjbeachhomes.com/
I'll add a 301 redirect from non www to the www version. Keep all your links consistently pointing to the www version.
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Old 10-26-2009, 11:31 AM
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Default Re: Site Indexed with www and without

Make sure all links are pointed to the www. site and not the other one.
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Old 10-26-2009, 11:46 AM
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Default Re: Site Indexed with www and without

Hey Aaron,

It was the site www.realestateouterbanks.org

I have the 301 tool. Can I use that to correct it?

Is it imperative that I go back and change all the links?
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Old 10-26-2009, 12:05 PM
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Default Re: Site Indexed with www and without

This site realestateouterbanks.org already had the 301 redirect from non www to the www version. So I'm not sure how you found the non www version indexed.
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Default Re: Site Indexed with www and without

I was using xinureturns.com and noticed, Google has different number of pages indexed for non-www vs www.

That led me to believe it may have both indexed?

Also if I do a site: search in Google it returns different number of pages indexed with both www and non-www. Also in SERP some have the www and some do not.
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Default Re: Site Indexed with www and without

Hi Kevin,

The questions just got out of my realm of knowledge. I can tell you that both sites have a 301 redirect from the non-www version to the www version implemented.

Thank you,
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Default Re: Site Indexed with www and without

Aaron,

Thanks for adding the 301. I'll have to do some research on this issue.

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Default Re: Site Indexed with www and without

Make sure you get access to "google webmaster central" and you can specify your preferred domain in site configuration --> settings in addition to the 301 redirect. You will also want to make sure when you are trying to get links back to your site, to use your preferred structure.
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Default Re: Site Indexed with www and without

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Make sure you get access to "google webmaster central" and you can specify your preferred domain in site configuration --> settings in addition to the 301 redirect. You will also want to make sure when you are trying to get links back to your site, to use your preferred structure.
Correct - go to G Webmaster Tools Site Configuration / Settings and select preferred www or non-www.

I recommend to go with www in that most people adding inbounds will use that configuration.
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