How Do I Redirect All Traffic to www.Example.com?

[Tehuti]

If I visit my home page by entering example.com into my browser's address bar, my home page URL is example.com.

If I visit my home page by entering www.example.com into my browser's address bar, my home page URL is www.example.com.

If I visit my home page by clicking on an internal link, my home page URL is www.example.com/index.php.

Isn't this bad for the search engines?

Shouldn't I redirect all traffic to www.example.com?

If so, how do I do it in an SEO-friendly way?

Any help will be much appreciated.

[lucy24]

Shouldn't I redirect all traffic to www.example.com?

Yes, since that's the form all your own internal links use.

If so, how do I do it in an SEO-friendly way?

The same way as the previous 520 people (a conservative estimate of 1 x week for ten years) who have asked about it in this forum.

While you're at it, make sure there are no /index.html files linked by that name. Bare / will do. At least 120 previous threads there too.

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This question has come up almost every week for the last ten years.

Only four days has elapsed since the last time this was asked. :)

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