Add a non www binding.

[Tz_Seo]

Hello,

I will ask something that is probably been asked before, but I cannot find the answer, so excuse me.

I have a website, www.example.com, and I want to add a binding to my server so when someone also hits example.com (without www in front) to be landed normally to my site.

The question is if this will affect the seo of the site in any way - duplicate content etc?

Thank you!

[Tz_Seo]

Thank you, this was helpful!!

[Tintanus]

Hello ! You must first choose which version of your website you prefer: www.domain.com or domain.com

Once that is done, go to Google Webmaster Tools and create an account for each version, one for the www and one for the domain.com

Once created, tell GWT which is your favourite !

Then, you need to make a permanent rediretion 301 through your .htacess as follows to take out the www.:

RewriteEngine On 

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.midominio.com [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://midominio.com/$1 [L,R=301]

**Or Viceversa:**

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^midominio.com [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.midominio.com/$1 [L,R=301]

If you don't do this and both www and non www versions appear, then you have Duplicate Content !