Would someone please create a
custom .htaccess file
301 Redirect pointing all calls using the the www
version to the non-www form.
for clearcanes.com that I can insert
so all my back links help my PR.

I found out how to access and edit the
existing hta file:

%2Fpublic_html%2F.htaccess

(apatche)

I saw the tutorals, but I'm not too quick on this.
What I tried didn't work
Need someone to write the exact code to insert.
I think it's one or two lines.

No replys... this is what I tried, but it didn't work,
am I close?

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} www.clearcanes.com RewriteRule ^(.*) http://clearcanes.com/$1 [L,R=301]

I did some research and found the code to do the opposite, which is to add the www, is:

However, it doesn't seem to work with subdirectories. Can anyone comment or help out with this? Thanks!

Seems to work, pointing all calls using
non-www to www form.
(adds the www)
Not exactly what I wanted, but it probably will even out
in a couple months. A bunch of thanks to you, cscgal.
Tried reversing placement of the www, and the status bar, kept
switching from www or non-www and back, with no page load.


Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^clearcanes\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.clearcanes.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Are you keeping it set up this way or should I still be on the lookout for the reverse? Personally, I always use www in domain names.

Keeping it this way, switching all links etc to www form.
PR dropped from two to 0 but, still have about same decent results from
my best search phrases. I know it will take a while to consolidate backlinks and even out. I want to thank you again, the seo places I tried to pay to do this didn't want to get involved with something so small.

Effects of 301 redirect update, a few days after:

Of couse Google PR dropped a couple points but search results for my best search terms are the same (lucite cane is still toward the bottom of the second page) I guess PR isn't everything, one site with the same product has a PR0 and is always in 1-3 spot on the first page.

Yahoo is a different story, I used be toward the top (1-3) of the first page,
Now many pages from the first, for "lucite cane/s "

This is interesting. I'm paying for my laziness in not filling in the www.

Check out a bunch of other posts on this forum about google PR. After any major changes such as this, I'd also give it about 2 weeks before you see any real Google effects.

Google is unstable from last 7-8 days after change of BL's So we cannot draw the conclusions till the dance or updates are completed

I had heard somewhere though that Google doesn't dance anymore. Instead, it's just a constant flow of small updates. All that happens is every X weeks the backlinks we see are updated and the google toolbar is updated with a newer PR - but in reality, G had been taking those things into consideration long before we got to see them.