Root or sub domain for my site? (I forgot which I used to target)
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Hi there,
I'm sorry for what is most likely a daft question with an easy answer. I have searched the web but whilst there are lots of answers about this generally, nothing seems to answer my specific problem.
I have just begun relaunching my site - workingfirstaid.co.uk - but basically cannot remember if I used to try and get links pointing to www.work... or work...
I know I have so few links already that it probably doesn't really matter, but I don't want to spend time pointing to the wrong version.
My internal links point to the non www version, but searching google for [working first aid] brings up the www version.
Thanks in advance for your time!
Cord
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No problem.
Yeah, that is the canonicalization problem I referenced.
Depending on what you use to manage your website this can be fixed in an administrative panel of sorts, web.config, or .htaccess file - but those can sometimes be pretty advanced.
Mike
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Hi Mike,
Thanks for taking the time to respond, I really appreciate it!
I've just done a little digging and noticed that the whole site exists as a www and a non www version. I'm guessing this is going to cause all kinds of duplicate content issues?
I think I might just have to find someone to come in and clear it up before I get too involved with creating new links, else it might take longer to sort out in the future?
Thanks again,
Cord
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While your internal links are pointing to the non-www version, you have 14 linking root domains pointing to your www version.
You can you opensiteexplorer.org to get this info.
Also, check out the best practices for canonicalization to help you fix this issue.
Hope this helps.
Mike
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