: Combine www and no-www sites status in Google Webmaster Tools I added a URL to my Webmaster Tools account which was the www URL version of my website. Recently I understood that pages doesn't

@Cofer257

I suggest .htaccess redirect if Apache is serving your website or another server side redirect.

Make two websites in Google Webmaster Tools.
Set the preferred domain in Google Webmaster Tools.
Nowadays, Google Webmaster Tools added a "Create a set" option.
So create a new set, name it and add as members those two properties (websites) to it.

If you have SSL installed and HTTPS activated you should add two websites more.


www.example.com/ - Records data only for the HTTPS version of your site. You must add HTTP and HTTPS versions of your site as separate properties.


What URL should I use? - Search Console Help

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@LarsenBagley505

First, in your Google Webmaster Tools account, for both www version and no-www version, in the site setting select your Preferred domain.

For example, if you preferred your website known as example.com instead of example.com, then choose the Display URLs as example.com. Remember you need to set this for both version.

Then, make sure every time user access to example.com will be redirect to example.com.

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