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OK ... This SUX

by Jack Bastide
4 replies
Hey Guys,

So One of my sites was on the Front page
of Google for awhile and then Disappeared

I think I know what the problem is but not
sure how to fix it

My site was indexed as Mysite.com and all the
links are in that format

For some reason it is now Indexed as
www.Mysite.com ( with the www prefix)

I'm not sure why the www is there now
but it appears to be affecting the rankings

In Google it had been indexed as Mysite.com
While in Yahoo it was www.Mysite.com

Now its www in both

Any ideas of what I Can do?

Jack Bastide
#sux
  • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
    Google Webmaster Tools!

    Google it, you can set which one you want to be indexed.

    AL
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    Every day I check the obituaries. If I don't see my name there, then I know it's going to be a good day!
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  • Profile picture of the author Glenn Grundberg
    It'll come back, Jack.

    If nothing else has changed about the site, same content, quality, etc. then just give it a week or so and it should climb backup with the www in G.

    Just a usual Google hiccup, I think- don't panic yet. You can also redirect via .htaccess like so if you are worried about duplicate penalties or your inbound links not working right:

    Example 1 - Redirect domain.com to www .domain.com

    Code:
    RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]
    Example 2 - Redirect www. domain.com to domain.com

    Code:
    RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]
    Just add one of those to your .htaccess file, or create one if you don't have it in your root public_html folder yet.

    Hope that helps!

    Gman
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    I'm Baaaaaack...
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  • Profile picture of the author candoit2
    I had the same thing happen last week to me and I had the top ranking for both my keywords and my site vanished just like yours Jack.
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  • Profile picture of the author RBum78
    Use google webmasters tool and then verify your site and you will be able to tell google to show www or not.
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