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: Is it bad to have both www and the naked domain indexed in Google? Should both be added to webmaster tools? Currently when searching on Google, the www.example.com version will appear as opposed

@Lengel546

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Currently when searching on Google, the example.com version will appear as opposed to example.com.

I realize that isn't a big deal, however it made me wonder if I should do some of the same things for www that I currently do for the main domain:


Creating sitemaps
Adding example.com to Google Webmaster Tools


Does Google consider doing so to be spamming? Will it make a difference to my rankings?

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@Martha676

I would recommended either using the www or non-www and stick with it. Set a preferred URL in Webmaster Tools and then 301 to either your www or non-www.

The reason for this would be Google would see both the non-www and www sites as two separate websites. If the content is exactly the same, then you could be penalized with duplicate content.

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