301 Redirects (non-www)

[JonnytheB]

Hi Everyone

I've just noticed that if I paste one of my website url's less the www. in to the address bar it always redirects me back to the home page. Is this a bad for SEO? and does Google see this in a bad way?

I've looked at a lot of other sites and the non www always redirects you the the same page with the www. not the home page.

see my example below:

http://www.polesandblinds.com/curtain-poles/metal-curtain-poles/chrome-stainless-steel-silver-nickel/

polesandblinds.com/curtain-poles/metal-curtain-poles/chrome-stainless-steel-silver-nickel/

I look forward to hear your comments.

Many thanks

(Newbie) Jonathan

[JonnytheB]

Thanks for the reply, as my site has taken a drop in the Search engine results I'm try to resolve any issues that could be contributing to that.

Cheers.

Jonathan

[JonnytheB]

Hi Chris

Thanks for  the reply,I will get this looked in to asap,  just to let you know your link goes to page not found.

Cheers

Jonathan

[Perfect007]

Yes, It's not good for SEO.  If you have IIS server then follow these instructions for canonical problem:

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/04/20/tip-trick-fix-common-seo-problems-using-the-url-rewrite-extension.aspx  This is only applicable for  IIS7 or later server version.

If you have Apache server then check this URL:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html

[Chris.Menke]

Yeah, that's not good.  You have your redirect set up improperly in your .htaccess file?  Take a look at this info to figure out what you may need to adjust.

<cite>http://moz.com/learn/seo/redirection</cite>