Comments on: Pagerank with and without the ‘www’ - does it make a difference? http://www.alistercameron.com/2006/12/21/pagerank-with-and-without-the-www-does-it-make-a-difference/ Changing the world. One blog(ger) at a time. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:27:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Alister Cameron http://www.alistercameron.com/2006/12/21/pagerank-with-and-without-the-www-does-it-make-a-difference/#comment-8709 Alister Cameron Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:57:10 +0000 http://www.alistercameron.com/2006/12/21/pagerank-with-and-without-the-www-does-it-make-a-difference/#comment-8709 @tricia - you have some challenges there, but they're all ideally suited to .htaccess, and yes... far less resource usage than a plugin. I am not smart enough (or don't have the time right now!) to create the .htaccess entries you need, but I an say that you want to list the .htaccess rules for the subdirectories first. Then lastly the one which forces the www on the main domain. Apache reads down the .htaccess file, so it will parse the rules in order. You can then append the right "flag" to the subdirectory rules, so that if they are matched, Apache exits and doesn't continue down the file. I hope that makes sense. Certainly, the one rule you need for the subdirectories will look the same for each one, so you just need to get it right once and then copy it for each sudirectory. I suggest asking for help in a forum somewhere. That's usually where the "gurus" hang out! @tricia - you have some challenges there, but they’re all ideally suited to .htaccess, and yes… far less resource usage than a plugin.

I am not smart enough (or don’t have the time right now!) to create the .htaccess entries you need, but I an say that you want to list the .htaccess rules for the subdirectories first. Then lastly the one which forces the www on the main domain. Apache reads down the .htaccess file, so it will parse the rules in order. You can then append the right “flag” to the subdirectory rules, so that if they are matched, Apache exits and doesn’t continue down the file.

I hope that makes sense.

Certainly, the one rule you need for the subdirectories will look the same for each one, so you just need to get it right once and then copy it for each sudirectory.

I suggest asking for help in a forum somewhere. That’s usually where the “gurus” hang out!

]]> By: Tricia http://www.alistercameron.com/2006/12/21/pagerank-with-and-without-the-www-does-it-make-a-difference/#comment-8699 Tricia Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:51:14 +0000 http://www.alistercameron.com/2006/12/21/pagerank-with-and-without-the-www-does-it-make-a-difference/#comment-8699 I'm using a 301 redirect on my main blog feverishthoughts.com to include the www. The problem is that I have a few other blogs on this domain that I put in directories ie feverishthoughts.com/oddplanet. I want the directory blogs to have urls that do not contain the www because they have higher PR without the www in their urls, yet the main domain has a higher PR with the www in it's url. So I've been using the nowww plugin on my directory blogs to keep the www out of the urls. I suspect this might actually be causing a bit of a problem on a few of the blogs because now they occasionally have the primary domain thewebfiles in their url as well if it's accessed without a trailing slash. for example the Odd Planet blog sometimes converts it's urls to feverishthoughts.thewebfiles.com/oddplanet I'd like to use an htaccess redirect to keep the www out my directory urls so I could avoid using the plugin. I've also read that the plugin might be using more cpu resource in my account and I've just had a terrible experience with web hosts and cpu resource over use so I want to trim down. Do you have any idea what htaccess redirect I might use to solve my problem? I’m using a 301 redirect on my main blog feverishthoughts.com to include the http://www. The problem is that I have a few other blogs on this domain that I put in directories ie feverishthoughts.com/oddplanet. I want the directory blogs to have urls that do not contain the www because they have higher PR without the www in their urls, yet the main domain has a higher PR with the www in it’s url.

So I’ve been using the nowww plugin on my directory blogs to keep the www out of the urls. I suspect this might actually be causing a bit of a problem on a few of the blogs because now they occasionally have the primary domain thewebfiles in their url as well if it’s accessed without a trailing slash. for example the Odd Planet blog sometimes converts it’s urls to feverishthoughts.thewebfiles.com/oddplanet

I’d like to use an htaccess redirect to keep the www out my directory urls so I could avoid using the plugin. I’ve also read that the plugin might be using more cpu resource in my account and I’ve just had a terrible experience with web hosts and cpu resource over use so I want to trim down.

Do you have any idea what htaccess redirect I might use to solve my problem?

]]> By: How to grow your blog by over 2000 per cent in one month! » Alister Cameron, Blog Consultant http://www.alistercameron.com/2006/12/21/pagerank-with-and-without-the-www-does-it-make-a-difference/#comment-1665 How to grow your blog by over 2000 per cent in one month! » Alister Cameron, Blog Consultant Wed, 17 Jan 2007 06:48:54 +0000 http://www.alistercameron.com/2006/12/21/pagerank-with-and-without-the-www-does-it-make-a-difference/#comment-1665 [...] same thinking is behind my first Wordpress plugin, my Wordpress mod_rewrite contributions, and my Habari logo idea… do you get [...] [...] same thinking is behind my first Wordpress plugin, my Wordpress mod_rewrite contributions, and my Habari logo idea… do you get [...]

]]> By: Two Wordpress plugins you don’t need and shouldn’t use » Alister Cameron, Blog Consultant http://www.alistercameron.com/2006/12/21/pagerank-with-and-without-the-www-does-it-make-a-difference/#comment-1512 Two Wordpress plugins you don’t need and shouldn’t use » Alister Cameron, Blog Consultant Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:32:52 +0000 http://www.alistercameron.com/2006/12/21/pagerank-with-and-without-the-www-does-it-make-a-difference/#comment-1512 [...] already posted about how to use mod_rewrite to forcibly include or exclude a www in your domain (URL). You’ll notice on my site that if you remove the www, it gets stuck back [...] [...] already posted about how to use mod_rewrite to forcibly include or exclude a www in your domain (URL). You’ll notice on my site that if you remove the www, it gets stuck back [...]

]]> By: Daniel http://www.alistercameron.com/2006/12/21/pagerank-with-and-without-the-www-does-it-make-a-difference/#comment-1482 Daniel Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:18:47 +0000 http://www.alistercameron.com/2006/12/21/pagerank-with-and-without-the-www-does-it-make-a-difference/#comment-1482 Thanks for picking the link, your post is also valuable. I heard that Google is taking action to correct that difference, but so far I would still use a 301 redirect to be sure! Thanks for picking the link, your post is also valuable.

I heard that Google is taking action to correct that difference, but so far I would still use a 301 redirect to be sure!

]]> By: Brent Hodgson http://www.alistercameron.com/2006/12/21/pagerank-with-and-without-the-www-does-it-make-a-difference/#comment-1121 Brent Hodgson Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:39:23 +0000 http://www.alistercameron.com/2006/12/21/pagerank-with-and-without-the-www-does-it-make-a-difference/#comment-1121 You can also tell Google which URL to use through the "Preferred Domain" Google's Webmaster Tool. If you have different PageRanks for both the WWW and non-WWW versions of your site, it's generally best to pick the one with the highest PageRank from an SEO perspective. But by using a 301 redirect, you should be able to pass some of your "old" PageRank to your "new" preferred domain. You can also tell Google which URL to use through the “Preferred Domain” Google’s Webmaster Tool.

If you have different PageRanks for both the WWW and non-WWW versions of your site, it’s generally best to pick the one with the highest PageRank from an SEO perspective.

But by using a 301 redirect, you should be able to pass some of your “old” PageRank to your “new” preferred domain.

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