Looking for some help adding a 301 redirect for my Site
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Hi there,
I am trying to eliminate the 'www' using a 301 redirect script as I have duplicate page titles for both versions (with and without the 'www')
I checked the page authority and found the pages without the 'www' to be ranked higher. For this reason I believe it would be wise to go for this option.
I have an .htaccess file, all I need is the code and I should be ok
Thanks!
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I never had any issues with it without the nocase flag but it couldn't hurt
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`Is that right? Should it not be` RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.domain\.com [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1 [L,R=301] or even RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [L,R=301] To be fair, I think all three of these will work.
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Thanks a lot! Worked right away!
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RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
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