http and www?

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  bangihotels · Member · Jun 19, 2011 at 9:09 am

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  Hi there, I have a few questions:
  1. My current blog is http://bangihotels.com and I want to change it to http://www.bangihotels.com, how should I do? Technically is there any different between with and without the www?

  2. Why is my blog still does not appear in the google search engine? What should I do to improve it?

  Thanks,
  Bangi

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 19, 2011 at 9:11 am

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  You cannot have www in a domain name here at wordpress.COM, and really no one is using it anymore unless they have a really old domain that has been using it basically forever, such as http://www.microsoft.com or http://www.apple.com or http://www.adobe.com.

  It is sort of redundant anyway since everything is on the “World Wide Web” (www).

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 19, 2011 at 9:14 am

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  On the search engine issue, it can take 4-6 weeks or more for a new site to be indexed by the search engines, and even if your site was around for a long time and you just recently added the new domain name, it will take 4-6 weeks before your new domain name starts showing up in searches, and it will take 3-6 months for your new domain name to out rank your old one.

  Search engines are not instantaneous when it comes to these things.

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  bangihotels · Member · Jun 19, 2011 at 9:27 am

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  thanks for the info

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 19, 2011 at 9:30 am

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  You are welcome.