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Thank you for the reply. I will do this redirect ASAP!

Thank you Andy for your detailed answer. My site is also accessible from example.com/index.html Do I also need to include this URL in htacess file while writing the rules for 301 redirect?

Thank you for the quick reply. My site is also accessible from example.com/index.html Do I also need to include this URL in htacess file while writing the rules for 301 redirect?

I also have sub-domains like fr.example.com, de.example.com So do I also need to write septate 301 redirect rules/codes in their htaccess file?

Hi everyone,

Recently someone pointed out that my website can be accessed in both ways i.e. by typing www.example.com or example.com. He further added that Google might identify this as duplicate content and penalize my website. So now I'm thinking about 301 redirection from non WWW to WWW using htaccess method. But my website is 2 year old now and I'm getting some decent traffic from Google. Will this redirection have an adverse effect on my rankings? Is there any other way to resolve this issue? I don’t want to lose my current rankings or organic traffic. Any help would be very much appreciated.

P.S.  Currently Google index my website pages with WWW.