Google Category/Description Loss

The old http:// or http://www.

[Brian]

Probably because people add www. to my url when linking, Google now indexes this variant of my site in #1. Therefore I have lost the category and description tags because I'm indeed in DMOZ/Google without the www. Does anybody know if there's something I can do, or whether Google is just going through a temporary oddity.

[closed]

If your site is hosted on an Apache server, you can always try a 301 (permanent) redirect from www to the address without the www.

[g1smd]

Make sure that all incoming links point to just one version of the URL (I prefer the www version), and do the 301 redirect thing too.

Allow at least 4 (and maybe up to 10) weeks for effects to be seen.

[Brian]

Thanks for that advice. It's real hard to tell people how to do their links - much less ask them to change them. Also some search engines will automatically add www to the front of urls, it seems. I was hoping we'd see an end to www. altogether.

[g1smd]

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