Any problem with buying a domain that is http://my(whatever).com

[hulahoop]

Hi,

Any problem in buying a domain that has just http:// example.com ranked well. The www.example.com is ranked less?

I am confuse why would anyone do what seems to be an above the root thing? Do Search Engines see http:// my example.com pages as equivelent to the normal pages that are after the www?

Thanks

[edited by: Webwork at 5:35 pm (utc) on Jan. 24, 2006]
[edit reason] Charter [webmasterworld.com] [/edit]

[pmkpmk]

As long as you own the domain site.com, you can add as many subdomains like www.site.com, foo.site.com, bar.site.com yourself!

So if site.com ranks well, just keep it like that.

[AhmedF]

Agreed - does it matter if there is a www. in front? You can use htaccess to redirect www. to the non www. anyway.

[hulahoop]

hello,

I see that both the earlier posts mentioned that it is fine to leave it as [my(whatever).com...] or www.my(whatever).com.

By the site I am going to get ranks higher for [my(whatever).com...] (without the www). Today, most people use www.my(whatever).com right?

How do I redirect everything including the Page Rank to the www?

[edited by: Webwork at 2:52 pm (utc) on Jan. 28, 2006]
[edit reason] No hotlinks. No real website URLs. Please use Example.com [/edit]

[jtara]

I think that today most people drop the www. It's anachronistic.

[tedster]

The important thing is to pick one version and use that exclusively throughout the website's code -- whether that's "with-www" or "without-www". Use a server-level 301 redirect to resolve the one you don't want to the one you do want.

My experience is that the average user will type in the "www" so that's my preference. Technically, the two versions can resolve to different content, so it's important to keep things straight.