Why does the “www” disappear?

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  squelfland · Member · Jan 23, 2008 at 3:51 am

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  Hello,

  Today I did the whole “domain mapping” thing and it was successful. However, I don’t understand why, when I type in “http://www.mydomain.com,” once my WordPress blog shows up, the address has changed to “http://mydomain.com.”

  Why does the “www” disappear? It may seem like a silly question but I find it a little annoying. I wish it would show up properly!

  Did I do something wrong, and if so is there any way to fix it?

  Thanks in advance for any help,

  -Marina

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  tellyworth · Staff · Jan 23, 2008 at 4:22 am

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  We automatically strip the www from all WordPress.com urls. It’s not needed. We do it to avoid having content available at multiple addresses, which causes problems with search engines.

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  squelfland · Member · Jan 23, 2008 at 4:26 am

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  Ah, well, I’m not experienced enough to understand how that could even happen, but it answers my question! ;-) So thank you very much.