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Competitive Domain Analysis

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tinyfactory last edited by

In the competitve domian analysis my domain root (gpscity.com) is showing up as a 404 not found. My competition is showing up as 200. My site is live, index and viewable, but I'm wondering if this has an effect on my rankings? What can I do to test that it's not returning a 404 when the crawlers view my site?
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DanDeceuster last edited by

Try making it www.gpscity.com. Your sans www URL redirects to the www version, so include the www and see if that helps.
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