Anonymous
Unregistered
I know backlinks is very important, I am submitting my blog to as many directories as possible as well as getting sites in similar field to link swap with me, my question..
When i submit to directories etc, shall i link to
1. http://mydomain.com (I have a custom domain btw) OR
2. http://www.mydomain.com OR
3. www.mydomain.com
Which method is best for dot com domain so i can build the correct back link portfolio.
Thanks
anurag
Member
For Google and other search engines http://labnol.org is different from http://www.labnol.org
You must do the following things to make sure that all Google juice flows to one of the above URLs and is not distributed:
1. Go to Google Webmaster dashboard and set a preferences for www or non-www URL.
2. You can either edit .htaccess file on your web server to do a 301 redirect or ask the support team of your web hosting company to do that for you.
I am on Dreamhost and they have a setting the control panel so it is done automatically for me.
Anonymous
Unregistered
Thanks Amit
My blog is hosted on blogger (I have just purchased a custom domain) so I take it I need to go to webmasters tools in Google then..
I made a mistake, when i began my blog 2 months ago, I started submitting http://mydomain.com to the directories, then I read some articles regarding backlinks and started telling people and directories to link to http://www.mydomain.com
So if I now make this change in Google webmasters tool and point it to www, does that mean I have wasted all of my previous http:// links ?
Also is http://www.domain.com same as www.mydomain.com ?
If I pick www - which one should i be using ?
Thanks
Anonymous
Unregistered
I have now changed the setting in Google Webmaster Tool to www
So what will happen when google updates that setting, and people try coming to my website on http://domain.com - I am hosting on Blogger so I cant do the beneath
"2. You can either edit .htaccess file on your web server to do a 301 redirect or ask the support team of your web hosting company to do that for you."
so now I just have one silly question
when I submit my website to directories and advise others to link to me, shall i them to links back to
a) www.mydomain.com or
b) http://www.mydomain.com
or doesn't it matter as both have www?
Anonymous
Unregistered
I just tried seeing your back links on google
I get the same results for
both http://labnol.org and www.labnol.org and labnol.org
saicharan
Inactive
luk4m,
Just make sure that your pointer links use the same format as suggested in Google webmasters central.
One point to note though. Don't worry about directory submissions they are not going to benefit you unless it's DMOZ or BOTW.
Anonymous
Unregistered
Mani
Thanks for your reply
Why is its a waste of time submitting to directories, does it not count towards my back link portfolio?
Can you also kindly answer my other questions in the above post
Thanks m8
Anonymous
Unregistered
Also since my website is hosted at Blogger with a custom domain, i have noticed this option..
Redirect mydomain.com to www.mydomain.com
it is currently unticked
is this correct now that I have changed the setting in google webmaster to point to www ?
Also Amit pls get back to me regarding the question above, about me not being able to carry out step 2 from your instructions
thanks a million !
anurag
Member
When you have too many outgoing links on a page, the value gets distributed.
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