Redirecting requests from a non-preferred domain is important because search engines consider URLs with and without “www” as two different websites.
It creates a duplicate entry, which is not suitable for SEO.
I noticed this when you analyze your site with SEO tool, thought to share with you all.
You can redirect non-www to www or www to non-www using “.htaccess” or “httpd.conf”
www to non-www redirection
- Ensure to take a backup of your existing file (.htaccess or httpd.conf)
- Add the below line and save this file
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.yoursite.com
RewriteRule (.*) https://yoursite.com/$1 [R=301,L]
Non-www to www redirection
- Ensure to take a backup of your existing file (.htaccess or httpd.conf)
- Add the below and save this file
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yoursite.com
RewriteRule (.*) https://www.yoursite.com/$1 [R=301,L]
Test your site again to confirm it’s working as expected.
