Preferred Domain - 301 redirect - Question???

[shaun_shaun]

few days ago I created a new website and currently all my links are indexed in google as without www part (http://mysite.com).. I want to show my url as http://www.mysite.com

today I added my website to google webmasters tool and set my preferred domain as http://www.mysite.com


do I still need to 301 redirect http://mysite.com to http://www.mysite.com by editing .htaccess ???

(I didnt create any backlinks yet)

shaun_shaun Reviewed by shaun_shaun on 23rd May 2011. Preferred Domain - 301 redirect - Question??? few days ago I created a new website and currently all my links are indexed in google as without www part (http://mysite.com).. I want to show my url as http://www.mysite.com today I added my website to google webmasters tool and set my preferred domain as http://www.mysite.com do I still need to 301 redirect http://mysite.com to http://www.mysite.com by editing .htaccess ??? (I didnt create any backlinks yet) Rating: 5

[allenM]

Hi Shaun..

I will recommend you to redirect your without www domain to www domain. Once you do this and start creating few backlinks, google will start crawling your proffered domain i.e. with www.:)

[Fox]

Yes, I recommend you to create a 301 redirect through .htaccess!