December 21, 2005

Inside Google Sitemaps: www vs non-www versions of a site by Vanessa Fox

Two URLs to a site — one that is prefaced with www and one that is not (for instance, http://www.example.com/ and http://example.com/) — often point to the same location on a server. But depending on the server configuration, they may point to different locations, so search engines can’t assume they are the same.

This post provides tips for viewing stats if the www and non-www version of your site point to the same location.

Read more on the Google Sitemaps blog

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