How to force WWW prefix on your nopCommerce store site
-Saturday, March 21, 2015
written by Lavish Kumar
Majority of the internet users are aware of the fact that many websites can be access by typing the url (or domain name) "with" or "without" the WWW prefix. It means that, if you go to Google site, you can either type "google.com" or you can type "www.google.com".
An interesting thing that you should notice in the URL while visiting any website is that, majority of websites changes the URL and add "WWW" prefix automatically even if you do not type it initially.
Now, the question is, why do we need to force the WWW prefix on your website domain name? The answer is quite simple; to avoid duplicate content on search engines.
It is always a good practice to keep consistency when it comes to SEO and forcing WWW prefix avoids search engine to index 2 different version of your website "with" and "without" WWW prefix.
Today we will go over the process of forcing WWW prefix on your nopCommerce store site.
An interesting thing that you should notice in the URL while visiting any website is that, majority of websites changes the URL and add "WWW" prefix automatically even if you do not type it initially.
Now, the question is, why do we need to force the WWW prefix on your website domain name? The answer is quite simple; to avoid duplicate content on search engines.
It is always a good practice to keep consistency when it comes to SEO and forcing WWW prefix avoids search engine to index 2 different version of your website "with" and "without" WWW prefix.
Today we will go over the process of forcing WWW prefix on your nopCommerce store site.