Is www. still important?
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How important is the www in front of a domain name nowadays?
We redesign a lot of sites and we want to focus on best practices - is it still important to include the www or redirect to shorter (non-www) url?
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I think it is for one reason people type it in when they type a link there used to it SO if there linking to you it will go right to the www. 200 code & not 301 if you pick www.
But if its a long domain I like to drop the www.
Use what you like I like using www. it's matter of choice
Rember to 301 your domain
All the best,
Thomas
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It's always been just a usability thing. If your domain name is memorable, people tend to type in the www. automatically when trying to navigate directly. However, this is changing over time, and as you can see with Moz.com, no WWW, it clearly isn't a big deal
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