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Comment on SEO, URLs, and Print Advertising - Increasing Traffic & Conversions by Yavor Milchev

Yavor Milchev — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:29:41 +0000

Unfortunately I am seeing more and more companies looking for one generalist rather than several specialists. The main reason for this trend must be fitting in tighter budgets due to the economy. Two problems exist with this strategy. One is the lower quality of the work generalists do and the second problem is no scalability. It’s a great recipe for killing company growth.

Comment on www vs. non www – How should I structure my URL? by Greg Hill

Greg Hill — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:33:10 +0000

@Braedon, thanks for your comment.

Search engines do not have a preference as long as the choice is consistent.

There are advantages and disadvantages to using both approaches. Recently the proliferation of URL shortening services make the non WWW a useful option in that the URLs are 4 characters shorter ("www.") by default. Perhaps in some cases the non www URL may eliminate the need for URL shortening. Working keyword phrases into raw URLs may prove advantageous with Twitter search for example.

Binh Nguyen (comment #3) still makes a valid point about the "site:examplesite.com" advanced operator including sub domain URLs in the result count. However, this could work against you if you want to segregate those URLs.

From my perspective I have not seen a strong reason to choose one over the other. It boils down to personal preference.

Comment on www vs. non www – How should I structure my URL? by Braeden

Braeden — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:44:39 +0000

I like the idea of checking what has the best page rank for older sites. However supporting www. for news sites is pretty much pointless and has no effect on usability as you have claimed because the site is going to go to your site whether they type in www or not so usability is a non-issue.

The issue here is what do search engines prefer? From my searching on the issue it appears that they (SE’s) just don’t like having two domains that point to the same content. Therefore it makes more sense to deprecate www. as it is a pointless subdomain.

Comment on www vs. non www – How should I structure my URL? by sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:46:46 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

Comment on Google Chrome Browser A Death Knell to Microsoft & Software Industry by Patrick OMalley

Patrick OMalley — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:51:35 +0000

I think you’re right on the money, and I’m glad, because I’m sick of IE getting slower every day.

Chrome is much faster, but its a shame that they still don’t have Google toolbar for it.

Thanks,
Pat O’Malley

Comment on www vs. non www – How should I structure my URL? by Mahu WWW Atau Tanpa WWW | Unactive Blogger

Mahu WWW Atau Tanpa WWW | Unactive Blogger — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:52:27 +0000

[…] Mahu WWW atau tanpa WWW untuk laman web aku? Aku baru sahaja bertanyakan tentang isu ini (SEO Link Untuk Webite) kepada kawan-kawan di Wang Cyber. Terima kasih kepada mereka yang telah membantu aku untuk memahami sedikit sebanyak tentang perkara ini. Terutama untuk Baloot sebab memberikan aku link website yang memberi penerangan dengan baik. Kalau nak baca dari website itu boleh jengok forum WC. Kalau malas nah masuk sahaja terus ke laman TrinitySem. […]

Comment on www vs. non www – How should I structure my URL? by unactive

unactive — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:03:43 +0000

Thanks a lot for all articles related to this issue. It give me a better understanding about this matter. It really help to make be more ease. Great articles.

Comment on Comparison Shopping Sites - A Good Way to Get More Exposure for Your Products by Gary Winnick

Gary Winnick — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:28:35 +0000

Good and great and very informative post.Hank Freid

Comment on www vs. non www – How should I structure my URL? by Bill

Bill — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:23:23 +0000

I have used WWW for years, 301 redirect. This has been the school of thought, as earlier Google had recommended it. What I am looking for though is a “perfect Search Engine Optimized website”, and the question beckons, is there any place that puts less emphasis on the sub-domain name “www”? I am reading here and there that sub-domain names are not considered root. At the same time, it appears with some opinions, that google will sometimes penalize a non www if they suspect duplication. I do know that some testing programs will show both domains with the www searched, and misses the non www as far as the stats. Searching the www does include both in stats programs. It does seem with the history, that WWW will always be acceptable even if the root domain is determined the best. The www is not necessary anymore for sure. It all seems a old school set up, like doing your web site wrong, and living with it. a href=”http://www.vacationhouston.com Striving for perfect SEO and code…

Comment on www vs. non www – How should I structure my URL? by Waleed Eissa

Waleed Eissa — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:46:36 +0000

> What did you find? I bet the URL changed on the first link
> for each SE but didn