CNAME record for WWW to Non-WWW Vs. 301?
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I was just chatting with the person who set up our site on our domain hosting and they said they added in a CNAME record to transfer the www version of my site to the Non-www version.
Shouldn't this be set up as a 301 redirect? I have hundreds of links built to the www version and only a few to the non-www version.
Or
Could I just add in a 301 in addition to the CNAME record?
This is not my wheelhouse and need a little advice.
Thanks in Advance.
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