ZydoSEO
msg:4503259 | 1:37 am on Oct 3, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Hopefully you're not "fowarding" the www to the non-www version of the URL (BTW... BOTH should likely be http except for any pages that need a secure connection like checkouts or forms requesting sensitive information).
If your canonical or prefered version of the home page URL is http://example.com/ then you should be 301 redirecting all requests for http://www.example.com/* to http://example.com/*.
If you request http://www.example.com/ and that request returns anything other than a 301 Moved Permanently HTTP Status then your http://example.com/ URL is likely not getting credit for the link (unless you have a canonical link element in the <head> of http://www.example.com/ pointing to http://example.com/).
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g1smd
msg:4503303 | 6:49 am on Oct 3, 2012 (gmt 0) |
All URLs begin http. I assume you're talking about www and non-www.
Make sure you have the correct www to non-www 301 redirect in place.
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lucy24
msg:4503380 | 10:10 am on Oct 3, 2012 (gmt 0) |
But some forums don't auto-link URLs unless they begin in www-- or unless you explicitly include http:// --so you get in the habit of typing one or the other. And then, ahem, you forget to disable the habit when you land in a forum where you don't want the URL to turn into an active link :)
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piatkow
msg:4503434 | 12:18 pm on Oct 3, 2012 (gmt 0) |
When it comes to links to a non www address I have found that about 50% "correct" your omission and put in the www anyway.
If you are using a cut price or "free" host that doesn't let you redirect I would stick to www for the reason given above.
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