{"id":2341,"date":"2021-06-29T10:27:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T07:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/?p=2341"},"modified":"2022-05-11T13:42:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T10:42:40","slug":"how-to-redirect-non-www-urls-to-www","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/how-to-redirect-non-www-urls-to-www\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Redirect Non-WWW URLs to WWW?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Duplicate web content<\/b> often exists without people knowing about it.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most people see <\/span>https:\/\/www.domain.com<\/b> and <\/span>https:\/\/domain.com<\/b> as the same page, but search engines don\u2019t\u2014they see them as duplicate content. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google sees duplicate content as \u201cappreciably similar\u201d content in more than one URL. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The major problem with duplicate content is that <\/span>it\u2019s difficult for search engines to decide on the version to include <\/b>in the search index and rank for query results. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This confusion could<\/span> impact search engine rankings negatively.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But you could fix this by redirecting all non-www URLs to their www version, and thankfully, here\u2019s how.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Redirecting Non-WWW URLs to WWW<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can <\/span>create web redirects<\/b><\/a> by adding some lines of code to your domain .htaccess file\u2014a server configuration file that lets users make quick changes to their server settings. Use this code to redirect<\/span> from non-www to www<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RewriteEngine On<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.com [NC]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http:\/\/www.domain.com\/$1 [L,R=301]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please <\/span>replace <\/b>domain.com<\/i><\/b> on the code<\/b> with your domain name and save the changes. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Always add your redirect rules below the <\/span>RewriteEngine On<\/b> line, unless you have it already at the top of the .htaccess file. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"How<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If you do, then use the code without the <\/span>RewriteEngine On<\/b> line to create the URL redirect. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain.com [NC]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http:\/\/www.yourdomain.com\/$1 [L,R=301]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now follow these steps to <\/span>add the rule to your .htaccess file.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Log into SPanel’s User Interface.
<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The default login URL is https:\/\/yourdomain.com\/spanel\/<\/strong><\/em> (don’t forget to replace yourdomain.com <\/em>with your actual domain).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"How<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Step 2: Open the File Manager<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Locate the <\/span>FILES<\/b> section on the homepage and click <\/span>File manager.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"How<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Navigate to your domain\u2019s root directory in the file manager and open it.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re setting up the redirect for your root domain, then the root directory should be the folder named <\/span>public_html<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"How<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If it\u2019s for a subdomain or <\/span>addon<\/b> <\/a>domain, choose the folder bearing its domain name.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 3: Add Your Code<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Locate a file named <\/span>.htaccess<\/b> in the root directory, right-click the file to reveal a menu, then choose <\/span>Edit<\/b> to open the editor.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"How<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Now, <\/span>copy and paste your redirect rule<\/b> into the editor and save. Then, type your URL without the www in your browser to confirm it\u2019s redirecting to <\/span>the www version.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Need Support?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you need <\/span>assistance creating this redirect<\/b>, kindly reach out to <\/span>our support<\/b><\/a> for quick help, and we\u2019ll be available to help.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Duplicate web content often exists without people knowing about it. Most people see https:\/\/www.domain.com and https:\/\/domain.com as the same page, but search engines don\u2019t\u2014they see them as duplicate content.  Google sees duplicate content as \u201cappreciably similar\u201d content in more than one URL.  The major problem with duplicate content is that it\u2019s difficult for search engines […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dns"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4365,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341\/revisions\/4365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}