Comments for Trinity | Search Engine Marketing http://www.trinitysem.com Search Engine Optimization Company Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:35:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 Comment on www vs. non www – How should I structure my URL? by Greg Hill http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/06/18/choosing-www-vs-non-www-url/#comment-68 Greg Hill Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:52:30 +0000 http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/06/18/choosing-www-vs-non-www-url/#comment-68 It boils down to risk. I consider my approach to be somewhat of an insurance policy for backlinks. If, for whatever reason, the search engines devalue redirected links over time then the devaluation would occur on the smaller or perhaps the less SEO valuable links. It boils down to risk. I consider my approach to be somewhat of an insurance policy for backlinks. If, for whatever reason, the search engines devalue redirected links over time then the devaluation would occur on the smaller or perhaps the less SEO valuable links.

]]> Comment on www vs. non www – How should I structure my URL? by Info http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/06/18/choosing-www-vs-non-www-url/#comment-66 Info Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:30:26 +0000 http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/06/18/choosing-www-vs-non-www-url/#comment-66 Thank You so much for your detailed response. I have already read the post you mentioned - Great Article ! But confusion still prevails - I want to know technically is really there is a difference if smaller links merge to bigger links or bigger links merge with smaller links , at the end resultant number of links will remain same. Thanks again ! Thank You so much for your detailed response. I have already read the post you mentioned - Great Article !

But confusion still prevails - I want to know technically is really there is a difference if smaller links merge to bigger links or bigger links merge with smaller links , at the end resultant number of links will remain same.

Thanks again !

]]> Comment on www vs. non www – How should I structure my URL? by WWW or Not - WWWhat’s in a Name | Trinity | Search Engine Marketing http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/06/18/choosing-www-vs-non-www-url/#comment-64 WWW or Not - WWWhat’s in a Name | Trinity | Search Engine Marketing Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:13:14 +0000 http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/06/18/choosing-www-vs-non-www-url/#comment-64 [...] I just posted about how to choose the www or non-www version of your URL for canonical purposes. Click to read more. Bookmark to: by Greg Hill | URL [...] […] I just posted about how to choose the www or non-www version of your URL for canonical purposes. Click to read more. Bookmark to: by Greg Hill | URL […]

]]> Comment on www vs. non www – How should I structure my URL? by Greg Hill http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/06/18/choosing-www-vs-non-www-url/#comment-63 Greg Hill Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:06:10 +0000 http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/06/18/choosing-www-vs-non-www-url/#comment-63 <blockquote><p>"I have many more inbound links to non-www version and internal linking is also better for non-www version.</p> <p>But I have decided to switch to www version of website , so I have 301 redirected my all non-www URls to www URLs.</p> <p>My question is doesnt it have the same effect of re-directing the www to non-www and vice versa as ultimately all inbound and internal links will be added to the one URL which you will prefer."</p> </blockquote> <p>Thank you for the question. You have an excellent example. </p> <p>In your case your move may counterproductive. </p> <p>To determine this, let's discusse objective of canonicalizing the URL. The goal is to concentrate the benefits of all your backlinks and PR onto one location. </p> <p>I typically choose "www" as stated above but there are compelling reasons to choose the "non www" version. In your case, unless you have compelling reasons not to, I recommend using the non-www version. The reason I state this is that, given the choice, I'd prefer to redirect the smaller number of links. </p> <p>Some additional considerations when choosing:</p> <ol> <li>The quality of the inbound links - if the bulk of your high-quality backlinks are "www" then you may wish to switch.</li> <li>If historically your print collateral and advertising contains one version over the other you may wish to change.</li> </ol> <p>Edit: Remember to revise your Google Webmaster Tools account configuration to match your choice of URL. Go to "Tools" --> "Set Preferred Domain" and choose the www or non-www domain.</p>

“I have many more inbound links to non-www version and internal linking is also better for non-www version.

But I have decided to switch to www version of website , so I have 301 redirected my all non-www URls to www URLs.

My question is doesnt it have the same effect of re-directing the www to non-www and vice versa as ultimately all inbound and internal links will be added to the one URL which you will prefer.”

Thank you for the question. You have an excellent example.

In your case your move may counterproductive.

To determine this, let’s discusse objective of canonicalizing the URL. The goal is to concentrate the benefits of all your backlinks and PR onto one location.

I typically choose “www” as stated above but there are compelling reasons to choose the “non www” version. In your case, unless you have compelling reasons not to, I recommend using the non-www version. The reason I state this is that, given the choice, I’d prefer to redirect the smaller number of links.

Some additional considerations when choosing:

  1. The quality of the inbound links - if the bulk of your high-quality backlinks are “www” then you may wish to switch.
  2. If historically your print collateral and advertising contains one version over the other you may wish to change.

Edit: Remember to revise your Google Webmaster Tools account configuration to match your choice of URL. Go to “Tools” –> “Set Preferred Domain” and choose the www or non-www domain.

]]> Comment on www vs. non www – How should I structure my URL? by Info http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/06/18/choosing-www-vs-non-www-url/#comment-62 Info Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:29:50 +0000 http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/06/18/choosing-www-vs-non-www-url/#comment-62 Hi , I have many more inbound links to non-www version and internal linking is also better for non-www version. But I have decided to switch to www version of website , so I have 301 redirected my all non-www URls to www URLs. My question is doesnt it have the same effect of re-directing the www to non-www and vice versa as ultimately all inbound and internal links will be added to the one URL which you will prefer. Please Help me in this regard. Hi ,

I have many more inbound links to non-www version and internal linking is also better for non-www version.

But I have decided to switch to www version of website , so I have 301 redirected my all non-www URls to www URLs.

My question is doesnt it have the same effect of re-directing the www to non-www and vice versa as ultimately all inbound and internal links will be added to the one URL which you will prefer.

Please Help me in this regard.

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]]> Comment on Blog Search Engines by Ted http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/08/17/blog-search-engines/#comment-46 Ted Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:40:50 +0000 http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/08/17/blog-search-engines/#comment-46 HAHA... YOU ROCK ! You're the first guy on here that makes any sense. I have been saying this for years and getting slammed on the web by, "The Experts". The worse criticism came from some dolt who worships .NET. Flash is the biggest money sucking, zero ROI, cash draining tool out there. It accomplshes nothing. And worse of all it never pops up on the search engines, (okay, maybe it pops up on 2 or 3 at best). Keep preachin' the truth brotha! HAHA… YOU ROCK ! You’re the first guy on here that makes any sense. I have been saying this for years and getting slammed on the web by, “The Experts”. The worse criticism came from some dolt who worships .NET.

Flash is the biggest money sucking, zero ROI, cash draining tool out there. It accomplshes nothing. And worse of all it never pops up on the search engines, (okay, maybe it pops up on 2 or 3 at best).

Keep preachin’ the truth brotha!

]]> Comment on www vs. non www – How should I structure my URL? by Binh Nguyen http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/06/18/choosing-www-vs-non-www-url/#comment-34 Binh Nguyen Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:20:42 +0000 http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/06/18/choosing-www-vs-non-www-url/#comment-34 Cool stuff u have there. Personally I would choose no www for shorter. However I found out a reason not to use it. Imagine when you want to check Google index for my website <a href="http://www.opentips.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.opentips.com</a> and use the site:opentips.com query you will see the count for all pages including sub domains. I use www.opentips.com for my main site to limit this links so that site:www.opentips.com will return only count of pages from my main domain. It's also good reason for adsense tracking purpose, you don't want to mess up with tracking for subdomains into the main domain. Cool stuff u have there. Personally I would choose no www for shorter. However I found out a reason not to use it. Imagine when you want to check Google index for my website http://www.opentips.com and use the site:opentips.com query you will see the count for all pages including sub domains. I use www.opentips.com for my main site to limit this links so that site:www.opentips.com will return only count of pages from my main domain. It’s also good reason for adsense tracking purpose, you don’t want to mess up with tracking for subdomains into the main domain.

]]> Comment on www vs. non www – How should I structure my URL? by Mitch http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/06/18/choosing-www-vs-non-www-url/#comment-8 Mitch Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:15:31 +0000 http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/06/18/choosing-www-vs-non-www-url/#comment-8 As I read more, I see you think on your feet, you do what is necessary. I like that. Mitch As I read more, I see you think on your feet, you do what is necessary. I like that.
Mitch

]]> Comment on www vs. non www – How should I structure my URL? by Mitch http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/06/18/choosing-www-vs-non-www-url/#comment-7 Mitch Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:10:24 +0000 http://www.trinitysem.com/2007/06/18/choosing-www-vs-non-www-url/#comment-7 Wow! there is so much to know. Thanks for making this clearer. I see I have much reading to do. Mitch Wow! there is so much to know. Thanks for making this clearer. I see I have much reading to do.
Mitch

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