Comments on: www or not? http://www.julianbez.com/blog/2004/11/16/www-or-not/ web design, standards, all that stuff Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:35:39 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Sassafras http://www.julianbez.com/blog/2004/11/16/www-or-not/#comment-4798 Sassafras Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:29:27 +0000 /?p=31#comment-4798 Thanks a lot. Added to my favorites :-) Thanks a lot. Added to my favorites :-)

]]> By: Charl van Niekerk http://www.julianbez.com/blog/2004/11/16/www-or-not/#comment-184 Charl van Niekerk Wed, 17 Nov 2004 08:11:56 +0000 /?p=31#comment-184 Good call! This is something I also meaned to blog about for a while. Another reason to keep everything consistent is for Bloglines. It really irritates me when I get both of the following choices of feeds on the same page: <code>http://www.someblog.com/atom.xml</code> <code>http://someblog.com/atom.xml</code> Yes, logically Bloglines (and probably other syndication services as well) see these as two different feeds. This just makes it confusing to the user. Also, if you're into <acronym title="Search Engine Optimization">SEO</acronym> like me, the Google <acronym title="PageRank">PR</acronym> gets calculated according to how many people link to a particular document. If some people link to <code>www.somesite.com/page.html</code> and other people link to <code>somesite.com/page.html</code> it will actually be deviding the <acronym title="PageRank">PR</acronym> value instead of having one listing with a higher <acronym title="PageRank">PR</acronym> value. Therefore, it is detremental to your search engine listings. Some people even get blacklisted on Google for having two domains with exactly the same content. If Google sees <code>www.somesite.com</code> and <code>somesite.com</code> as two different domains, then some people might be in trouble without even knowing it. Good call! This is something I also meaned to blog about for a while.

Another reason to keep everything consistent is for Bloglines. It really irritates me when I get both of the following choices of feeds on the same page:

http://www.someblog.com/atom.xml

http://someblog.com/atom.xml

Yes, logically Bloglines (and probably other syndication services as well) see these as two different feeds. This just makes it confusing to the user.

Also, if you’re into SEO like me, the Google PR gets calculated according to how many people link to a particular document. If some people link to http://www.somesite.com/page.html and other people link to somesite.com/page.html it will actually be deviding the PR value instead of having one listing with a higher PR value. Therefore, it is detremental to your search engine listings.

Some people even get blacklisted on Google for having two domains with exactly the same content. If Google sees http://www.somesite.com and somesite.com as two different domains, then some people might be in trouble without even knowing it.

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