Website URL, Robots.txt and Google Search Console (www. vs non www.)

[Badiuzz]

Hi MOZ Community,
I would like to request your kind assistance on domain URLs - www. VS non www.

Recently, my team have moved to a new website where a 301 Redirection has been done.

• Original URL : https://www.example.com.my/ (with www.)
• New URL : https://example.com.my/ (without www.)

Our current robots.txt sitemap : https://www.example.com.my/sitemap.xml (with www.)
Our Google Search Console property : https://www.example.com.my/ (with www.)

Question:
1. How/Should I standardize these so that Google crawler can effectively crawl my website?
2. Do I have to change back my website URLs to (with www.) or I just need to update my robots.txt?
3. How can I update my Google Search Console property to reflect accordingly (without www.), because I cannot see the options in the dashboard.
4. Is there any to dos such as Canonicalization needed, or should I wait for Google to automatically detect and change it, especially in GSC property?

Really appreciate your kind assistance.

Thank you,
Badiuzz

[RossKernez]

Hi there,

1. You need to run a technical site audit to see if all redirects are redirecting to the no www version  and your canonical l URLs do not include www in the them. Also, you need resubmit your site map to Google Search console.

2. You need to update your robots.txt file with new site site map  URL.

3. You need to add another property without www  to the Google Search Console.

4. You need resubmit your site map to the Google Search console. You need to run a technical audit to see your canonical tags.

Ross

Ross