www /non-www not redirected to site

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  • Resolved Roberto

    4 years, 8 months ago

    Rank Math free

    Hello RM,
    I run the seo analysis and I found this error :
    “The www and non-www versions of your URL are not redirected to the same site
    Decide whether you want your site’s URLs to include a “www”, or if you prefer a plain domain name. There are marketing pros and cons for each choice, but neither one is better or worse for SEO purposes – as long as you’re consistent.

    You should use HTTP redirections (301 permanant redirects) to pass PageRank from the “wrong” URLs to the standard (canonical) ones. That way, your content will still benefit from backlinks if someone makes a mistake and uses the wrong URL.”
    I don’t understand what this means and which link has the error maybe I typed http instead of https
    Can You help ? What kind of plugin I could use to see where is this error ? Thanks

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  • Prabhat

    4 years, 8 months ago

    Rank Math agency

    Hello,

    Thanks for contacting us.

    Here, the issue is related to the www canonicalization of your website.

    For Google, www.website.com and website.com mean different things, even if the difference is just www. When you set up your website for the first time, you have the option to choose between the www version or the non-www version. Whichever version you choose, the other version should be redirected to the original.

    You can create a 301 (Permanent) redirection to fix this issue. For more details, please refer to these tutorial guides:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/seo-analysis/#www-canonicalization
    https://rankmath.com/blog/seo-audit/ (in this article, search for the term “canonicalization” to move to the required section).

    Hope this helps.

    Thanks.

    Roberto

    4 years, 8 months ago

    Rank Math free

    Hello, thanks but when You say “When you set up your website for the first time, you have the option to choose between the www version or the non-www version. Whichever version you choose, the other version should be redirected to the original.” do you mean set up in Rank Math or in WordPress ( general settings) ?
    I used your redirection tool to send links with http to https
    Thanks

    Prabhat

    4 years, 8 months ago

    Rank Math agency

    Hello,

    Thanks for your reply.

    You get that option when you’re setting up WordPress. Still, you can head over to your WordPress admin area > Settings > General, to check the version of the website that you’re operating (i.e., www or non-www). https://i.rankmath.com/NMEfHu

    Please scroll to this section in the below article for more details: https://rankmath.com/blog/seo-audit/

    Hope this helps.

    Thanks.

    RankBot

    4 years, 7 months ago

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