[Victory_Shot]

I ran into this a week ago with a client’s website who requested me to switch his non www website to [www](http://www). I made the change in wordpress and all is ok. I didn’t do any redirects though.

I looked at some websites of other designers, seo experts and major companies and some use www and others don’t.

Now, what are your thoughts regarding this?

Update:

here is an interesting article [https://seranking.com/blog/www-vs-non-www/](https://seranking.com/blog/www-vs-non-www/) what do you guys think?

I got this from the article above: Seems that it does make a difference. The www prefix in the domain name may seem little and insignificant, but it can make a big difference. Your branding and your website’s scalability are affected, so make sure to choose wisely based on your priorities and future plans. And once you make the decision, mark your preferred version as canonical and stick to it. Switching back and forth from www to non-www is technically possible, but it won’t do your website’s SEO any good.

Even Though, it seems that it doesn’t make a difference, if you plan on using a CDN or growing your website big, stick with wwww.

[mrbmi513]

Pick one, but redirect from the other.

[taylorkspencer]

There’s no advantage to using `www` or non-`www` for your URL, just make sure you’re 301 redirecting the one you’re not using to the one you are.

[LuckyLucasLarkin]

It doesn’t matter which one you use. I prefer without www just because it’s cleaner to write out.

[ytpf]

a non www is easier, clean and gives easiness to the visitor to get access. It does not matter from SEO point of view what version of site (www or non-www) you use. But it is important to note that each url is different from Google’s point of view. So, be at one side. Do not do redirect to www if you use a non-www version. But must do a redirect to www from non-www if you use a www version. Consider going through some guides looking for it from some seo experts for better results. I personally suggest a non-www as this gives you al liberty and worry free work.

[SM_Fahim]

I prefer non www. Because, the number of characters shown in the search result URL is fixed. Here you save 4 characters, which might help you better show your focus keyword.

Secondly, most people search without www. So here you can save the redirection time. Hence a faster loading

[Victory_Shot]

here is an interesting article [https://seranking.com/blog/www-vs-non-www/](https://seranking.com/blog/www-vs-non-www/) what do you guys think?

[SM_Fahim]

It does not matter whether you use it or not from the beginning. But it might matter when you change it on an old site. Because redirection is not good. For multiple redirection, you can lose ranking.

[MoltoRubato]

It should work either way. Just don’t tell anyone.

[hawaiidesign]

What do big websites like, google, Facebook, etc do ? There’s your answer

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