Comments on: Have You Set Your Preferred Domain? http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/ Business, Technology & Life in Seattle Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Mark http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-35828 Mark Fri, 20 May 2011 18:59:00 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-35828 Great tip, thanks - note that if you use Wordpress the rewrite rule may already be set, so probably best not to do it twice : ) .. just look in the htaccess and you will see. Great tip, thanks – note that if you use WordPress the rewrite rule may already be set, so probably best not to do it twice : ) .. just look in the htaccess and you will see.

]]> By: lance http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-35182 lance Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:20:01 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-35182 Is this code or file will work on my static site? Is this code or file will work on my static site?

]]> By: DC Internet Consultant http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-35018 DC Internet Consultant Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:56:36 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-35018 Once again, I forgot to set the preferred domain. I entered my website into the WebsiteGrader and got a terrible ranking. Since then, I have been using ShoeMoney Tools plus other resources to improve my overall SEO portfolio. Thanks for the great post, Nate. I have to search Google and grab the code for every site I start! LOL Once again, I forgot to set the preferred domain. I entered my website into the WebsiteGrader and got a terrible ranking. Since then, I have been using ShoeMoney Tools plus other resources to improve my overall SEO portfolio. Thanks for the great post, Nate. I have to search Google and grab the code for every site I start! LOL

]]> By: Greg http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-34504 Greg Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:37:33 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-34504 Exactly the info I needed and in plain English. Thanks! Exactly the info I needed and in plain English. Thanks!

]]> By: S http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-33301 S Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:25:14 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-33301 The problem persists. I writed down code you proposed and uploaded it to the server with *.txt format. however, now, when trying to reach my site with WWW, 404 error accures... What shall I do? The problem persists. I writed down code you proposed and uploaded it to the server with *.txt format. however, now, when trying to reach my site with WWW, 404 error accures… What shall I do?

]]> By: Silkenhut’s World » Blog Archive » To WWW or not to WWW http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-7719 Silkenhut’s World » Blog Archive » To WWW or not to WWW Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:50:45 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-7719 [...] .htaccess code cited from Nate White Hill dot com [...] [...] .htaccess code cited from Nate White Hill dot com [...]

]]> By: nsderek http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-6522 nsderek Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:37:04 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-6522 Damn I wish I read all the comments earlier. That plugin works great for redirecting and that would work just as good as manual. Still like to know how to get it to work manually. I tried it but it would only redirect my main page in the root, anything that was in my subdirectory wouldnt do anything Damn I wish I read all the comments earlier. That plugin works great for redirecting and that would work just as good as manual. Still like to know how to get it to work manually. I tried it but it would only redirect my main page in the root, anything that was in my subdirectory wouldnt do anything

]]> By: nsderek http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-6423 nsderek Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:20:24 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-6423 Thanks thought I am not exactly sure what you mean by in the subidrectory you would also need a directive as given to append the wwww. Are you saying that I need to add the same code to another htaccess file in the subdirectory as well? Forgive my rookieness Thanks thought I am not exactly sure what you mean by in the subidrectory you would also need a directive as given to append the wwww.

Are you saying that I need to add the same code to another htaccess file in the subdirectory as well? Forgive my rookieness

]]> By: Natron http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-6307 Natron Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:40:21 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-6307 You would need to place a .htaccess file in the root to redirect any traffic to the subdirectory. In the subdirectory you would also need a directive as given to append the "www" You would need to place a .htaccess file in the root to redirect any traffic to the subdirectory. In the subdirectory you would also need a directive as given to append the “www”

]]> By: derek http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-6291 derek Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:40:27 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-6291 Curious if my domain is in a subdirectory, for instance I have a blog installed in a blog folder like www.mydomain.com/blog do I have to change the htaccess file to see the subdirectory or is it fine as is? Curious if my domain is in a subdirectory, for instance I have a blog installed in a blog folder like http://www.mydomain.com/blog do I have to change the htaccess file to see the subdirectory or is it fine as is?

]]> By: A2 Network Business Blog » Blog Archive » Review of Jane May Blogs http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-5270 A2 Network Business Blog » Blog Archive » Review of Jane May Blogs Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:30:21 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-5270 [...] and www.janemayblogs.com are active, and neither redirects to the other.  Definitely read Nate’s guide about the advantages of setting your preferred domain.  She’s got duplicate [...] [...] and http://www.janemayblogs.com are active, and neither redirects to the other.  Definitely read Nate’s guide about the advantages of setting your preferred domain.  She’s got duplicate [...]

]]> By: thepaperbull.com » in need of SEO advice on URL canonicalization http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-4359 thepaperbull.com » in need of SEO advice on URL canonicalization Wed, 16 May 2007 00:47:20 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-4359 [...] I’ve spent considerable effort studying the effects of www and non-www recognition of blog URL’s; 301 redirects etc. I’ve found excellent resources through Matt at Take More Risks; Matt Cutts at Gadgets, Google and SEO as well as Nate at NateWhitehill dot com. [...] [...] I’ve spent considerable effort studying the effects of www and non-www recognition of blog URL’s; 301 redirects etc. I’ve found excellent resources through Matt at Take More Risks; Matt Cutts at Gadgets, Google and SEO as well as Nate at NateWhitehill dot com. [...]

]]> By: Natron http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-4124 Natron Tue, 08 May 2007 20:15:40 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-4124 I prefer the fully qualified domain with the "www" as many editors will associate that as a link. That will be the only real reason I see. I prefer the fully qualified domain with the “www” as many editors will associate that as a link. That will be the only real reason I see.

]]> By: Nate Whitehill http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-3440 Nate Whitehill Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:23:57 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-3440 Only reason I got rid ot the WWW was so that it would be easier for people to visually remember my name from looking at the URL without all the WWW's. Only reason I got rid ot the WWW was so that it would be easier for people to visually remember my name from looking at the URL without all the WWW’s.

]]> By: Nate Whitehill http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-3439 Nate Whitehill Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:23:02 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-3439 301 redirects work for directing any URL to any oher URL. 301 redirects work for directing any URL to any oher URL.

]]> By: coop http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-3432 coop Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:52:13 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-3432 will this work if i do a mod rewrite to foward all digg traffic to a mirror? will this work if i do a mod rewrite to foward all digg traffic to a mirror?

]]> By: coop http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-3431 coop Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:50:44 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-3431 this rocks. this rocks.

]]> By: Natron http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-3414 Natron Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:09:39 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-3414 I would think that appending the "www" would be the best bet as most will link with the "www" added anyway, you have less links to 301 redirect. I hope Nate responds with his reasoning. I would think that appending the “www” would be the best bet as most will link with the “www” added anyway, you have less links to 301 redirect. I hope Nate responds with his reasoning.

]]> By: TeamTutorials http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-3388 TeamTutorials Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:59:29 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-3388 I always wondered if there was any logic behind dropping the www. I always wondered if there was any logic behind dropping the www.

]]> By: Josh Buckley Web Development Blog » Blog Archive » Starting my network http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-3303 Josh Buckley Web Development Blog » Blog Archive » Starting my network Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:19:06 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-3303 [...] I made the domain always point to http://2slice.com. If you want to find out how to do this, visit Nate’s blog. Whilst registering, i thought it would also be handy to grab the domain twoslice as i expect some [...] [...] I made the domain always point to http://2slice.com. If you want to find out how to do this, visit Nate’s blog. Whilst registering, i thought it would also be handy to grab the domain twoslice as i expect some [...]

]]> By: Shane http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-3248 Shane Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:25:36 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-3248 Natron, Awesome. I try to keep plugins to a minimum, but I don't know too much about .htaccess. I tried both your code and the plugin. They both work perfectly so I'm going to go with the plugin so I don't overwrite the code accidentally. And thanks for starting the discussion Nate! Natron,

Awesome.

I try to keep plugins to a minimum, but I don’t know too much about .htaccess. I tried both your code and the plugin. They both work perfectly so I’m going to go with the plugin so I don’t overwrite the code accidentally.

And thanks for starting the discussion Nate!

]]> By: managing your htaccess file for better search results http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-3245 managing your htaccess file for better search results Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:02:50 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-3245 [...] Whitehill has a great post about choosing your preferred domain name.  Do you want the www or not?  Check out the article, it includes a tip that I recommend everyone [...] [...] Whitehill has a great post about choosing your preferred domain name.  Do you want the www or not?  Check out the article, it includes a tip that I recommend everyone [...]

]]> By: Natron http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-3235 Natron Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:26:32 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-3235 best bet not to mess with .htaccess especially when the program is writing to it. best bet not to mess with .htaccess especially when the program is writing to it.

]]> By: Nate Whitehill http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-3225 Nate Whitehill Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:20:10 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-3225 Thanks for the heads up on the plugin, that will simply things quite a bit for those not so technically savvy. Thanks for the heads up on the plugin, that will simply things quite a bit for those not so technically savvy.

]]> By: Nate Whitehill http://natewhitehill.com/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-3224 Nate Whitehill Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:19:41 +0000 http://natewhitehill.com/2007/04/11/have-you-set-your-preferred-domain/#comment-3224 Thanks for the code, Ryan. That is very helpful. Thanks for the code, Ryan. That is very helpful.

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