Redirect http:// to http://www. ? Why & how?

[davelev]

Hello,

I have two functional web addresses, the one with- and the one without "www":

http://mysite.com

http://www.mysite.com

I heard it can hurt to have two "versions". What can I do to keep the "www" version only?

Redirect, I suppose. And how do I do that?

What would be the risks of still having both ways? Would that hurt SERPs?

[LGR]

This is what I use on some sites.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mysite\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

It needs to go in the .htaccess file on the root of the web folder. I use it on Apache so if you are on an Apache server it should work.

[HTMLBasicTutor]

This has been asked a ton of times here.

301 Permanent Redirect
Basic 301 Permanent Redirect

Please search the forums before asking a question.