Why You Should Set Your Site’s Preferred Domain (www or non-www) [Quick SEO Tip]

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Google sees example.com and www.example.com as two different site’s pages.Setting your preferred domain tells Google which version of your site’s URL (www or non-www) you prefer.

What is a Preferred Domain?

A preferred domain is a domain you have chosen as the one that you prefer to be shown in search results.
Once you set your preferred domain (www or non-www), Google use that information for future crawls and indexing refreshes. For instance, if you set your preferred domain as http://example.com, Google will treat links to http://www.example.com exactly the same as links to your preferred domain.

And If you don’t specify a preferred domain, Google treat the www and non-www versions of your domain as separate references to separate pages. This can cause your site to face duplicate content issues.

Setting Preferred Domain Using Google Webmaster Tools

setting preferred domain www or non www
1) Sign in to Google Webmaster Tools with your Gmail account
2) Go to Webmasters Tool home page, then click the site you want.
3) Click the gear icon , and then click Site Settings.
gear-icon
4) Go to Site Settings
5) Select the Preferred domain, and click on save
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Navneet Singh is a young enthusiast who Loves Internet Marketing and is always eager to share useful and authentic content on SEO, link building, social media marketing, content marketing, and conversion rate optimization to help others. A Software Engineer By Chance and Working as a CEO in SEO Experts Company India, one of the Top Rated SEO Agencies in India. A Basket Ball Player and a Budding Entrepreneur.

Navneet Singh

Navneet Singh is a young enthusiast who Loves Internet Marketing and is always eager to share useful and authentic content on SEO, link building, social media marketing, content marketing, and conversion rate optimization to help others. A Software Engineer By Chance and Working as a CEO in SEO Experts Company India, one of the Top Rated SEO Agencies in India. A Basket Ball Player and a Budding Entrepreneur.