www vs non-www
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We have 2 variations of domains. www and non-www
Both can be seen by users and have been linked to on press releases, but only the www one has data on Google Search Console.
In the case, what is the best practice for us? -
@aaaannieee It has visual significance, long URLs are ugly. Adding www extends the address a bit
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@aaaannieee I'm going to be frank and honest - it doesn't matter!
Really you will want to pick one domain and redirect the other into it. You can set up Search engine console on both so you can track any issues, you can have more than one SEC for one domain e.g. HTTP & www.In short, if the www. has the data on SEC use that, redirect the HTTP: into it and if you want to be safe set up HTTP in SEC to track though it should remain 'empty'
Hope that helps and good luck.
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