OSE stats for 2 site: searoundus.org and www.seaaroundus.org.
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Why are the numbers so different for the two site, one with and one without the www.? Which one is most accurate for external linking domains, for instance?
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Sorry, I meant two "a"'s.
Interesting that Google gives the same number of links for both (link:www.seaaroundus.org and link:seaaroundus.org) when I do it (157). But OSE has very different numbers for them
Yes, it does need a redirect. But I can't do that, since I don't control the site. Just am doing some analysis and wondering which URL for Sea Around Us to use.
Thanks.
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In your question, you wrote searoundus.org and www.seaaroundus.org as the two URLs you were comparing.
The first one is written with one "a" and the second with two. If those are actually the versions you were comparing, that would make a big difference.
If it's seaaroundus.org vs www.seaaroundus.org, the vast majority of the links are to www.seaaroundus.org and that is the form Google is preferring in the search results. (It does still need a redirect.)
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Thanks. you confirmed my fears.
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Okay, that is a difficult question. They are two completely different sites in the eyes of search engines unless you do a redirect. At this moment their are probably a lot of links pointing to one of them and also a lot pointing at the other site.
This can also create nasty duplicate content issues.
Sorry. but i wouldn't know which one to choose for the most accurate one since they should be counted as a single website.Hope i've helped you in some way.
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Thanks. I understand that; and I don't own this site so I can't make the 301 change. I need to know which numbers to use in my analysis, which one (i.e. domain, with or without the .www) provides the more accurate numbers for Total External Links and Total Linking Root Domains, for instance.
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It is probably because you haven't set up a 301 redirect from one of the websites to the other. (So for example: http://searoundus.org redirects to http://www.searoundus.org)
For help on doing this: http://www.dailyblogtips.com/how-to-setup-a-301-redirect/
Let me know if you need more help or if i was unclear.
Hope i helped your problem
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