Link Requester wants no "www" in his URL

maxsun · #1 (**permalink**) 01-20-2005, 10:48 AM

I have a site we've linked with specifically request we drop the www in the URL. For instance (and I'm making this up) http://anysite.com. We have them listed as http://www.anysite.com.

Perhaps I'm just out of it--but I can't see a reason someone would want that dropped so badly. It works with the www attached...

Is this some trick we're unaware of?

Any help is appreciated!

activeco · #2 (**permalink**) 01-20-2005, 11:03 AM

Probably they have majority IBL pointing to root address, so they don't want to leak PR spreading around.

I also have a page which, for some reason, shows more targeted adsense ads on the non-www page, so I try to promote it too in that way.
I even had to use mod_rewrite to redirect all page requests to the non-www.

**crankydave** · #3 (**permalink**) 01-20-2005, 11:44 AM

Activeco is right. Google views the www. and the non-www. as two separate pages. If you do a search here, you'll find several discussions revolving around this. No tricks.

Bottom line, whichever you use it's best to be consistent.

Dave

eggypiece · #4 (**permalink**) 01-20-2005, 05:45 PM

That is interesting...

I have always had all my IBLs point to http://www.mysite.com; but I can either type it with or without the www, and both pages come up with the same PR and the same number of backwards links...I guess Google loves crafts! : )

activeco · #5 (**permalink**) 01-20-2005, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eggypiece

That is interesting...

I have always had all my IBLs point to http://www.mysite.com; but I can either type it with or without the www, and both pages come up with the same PR and the same number of backwards links...I guess Google loves crafts! : )

I guess you have at least 24 links which point to your non-www MJ Crafts version.
And those were enough for your PR5 there too.

**crankydave** · #6 (**permalink**) 01-20-2005, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eggypiece

That is interesting...

I have always had all my IBLs point to http://www.mysite.com; but I can either type it with or without the www, and both pages come up with the same PR and the same number of backwards links...I guess Google loves crafts! : )

Google adjusts for the two pages....eventually. It's simply a good idea not to give them anything to have to adjust for.

Dave