WordPress removing www from site address

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  paleamber · Member · Jun 11, 2013 at 9:18 pm

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  WordPress removes www from my web address paleamber.net (should be http://www.paleamber.net) and I think this causes google to have problems when indexing.

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  kardotim · Member · Jun 12, 2013 at 6:04 am

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  Your domain, http://www.paleamber.net, will always be redirected to http://paleamber.com, so you can feel free to use either version on your business cards or elsewhere.

  Redirecting the first version of your URL to the second version helps to ensure that search engines index your site properly.

  Don’t hesitate to contact us again if you need anymore help.

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  paleamber · Member · Jun 12, 2013 at 7:20 am

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  Thanks for the response Kardotim. Will I have issues with links and google ranking though i.e. does google count http://www.paleamber.com and Paleamber.com as the some thing? Should I be asking anyone linking to my site to only use the address with out the www?

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  kardotim · Member · Jun 12, 2013 at 9:03 am

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  does google count http://www.paleamber.com and Paleamber.com as the some thing

  Yes it does. It makes no different linking with or without www.

  WordPress.com automatically sends notifications to Google with every post and page update. The search engines can take 4-6 weeks or more to add any new sites. Read this page for more information about WordPress.com and Search Engines.

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  paleamber · Member · Jun 12, 2013 at 5:37 pm

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  Thanks very much for clearing this up kardotim

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  kardotim · Member · Jun 13, 2013 at 2:56 am

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  You’re very welcome.

  Feel free to contact us if you have any other questions.