Quick SEO Tip: Set Preferred Domain in Google Webmaster Tools

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by mdolon • 16 years ago

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eli• 16 years ago

If I already do the redirect, do I still need to set a preferred domain?

mdolon2• 16 years ago

I did, and I think it can only help (it certainly can't hurt to). The main scenario I can see this being of importance is if you recently started redirecting to a single domain and Google has previously crawled your site, setting a preferred domain may help to regain your page ranking.

justinchen• 16 years ago

I did both. When I was digging through the google webmaster help docs, it said that they recommend doing both (setting preferred and 301 redirecting).

danskil• 16 years ago

Are there any relative merits to standardizing on a www sub-domain versus standardizing on non-www sub-domain?

mdolon2• 16 years ago

There was a huge debate on this a few years back, however most of that seems to have died down now. Matt Cutts discussed it a few years ago: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-advice-url-canonicalizatio...

I think it's a matter of personal preference - just be consistent with whatever you pick.

Quick SEO Tip: Set Preferred Domain in Google Webmaster Tools

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