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Hello everyone...
I want to know that if i do submissions on www.abc.com and abc.com then in both cases link juice will differ or not????????
Thnx...:)

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Short answer: www.example.com and example.com are separate hostnames, so link signals can be split if the site does not consistently indicate a single canonical hostname. and pointed toward consolidation; the practical approach is to pick a canonical host and make every signal (server redirects, canonical tags, sitemaps, internal links) point to it. Below are concise, modern notes, quick implementation examples, and verification tips.

Choose a host based on operational needs, not SEO myths. Use the www form if a plan requires subdomain flexibility, CDN/CNAME usage, or finer cookie scope control. Use the root (non‑www) if simplicity is preferred and the hosting/CDN supports apex records. Make sure TLS certificates and any HSTS policies cover the chosen host. Consolidation reduces split link equity and duplicate‑content signals — search engines will usually respect explicit server redirects and rel="canonical" hints when present (Google docs on duplicate URLs explains this behavior).

Example implementations (adjust domain and SSL settings to fit the environment):

Apache (.htaccess):

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Nginx:

server {
    server_name example.com;
    return 301 https://www.example.com$request_uri;
}

Rel canonical (in HTML head):

<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.example.com/some-page" />

Verification checklist and troubleshooting:

  • Confirm redirects and status codes with curl -I https://example.com.
  • Ensure internal links, XML sitemaps and hreflang (if used) use the canonical host.
  • Verify both www and non‑www properties in Search Console and submit the sitemap from the canonical host.
  • Check that query strings are preserved (if needed) and that analytics/tracking tags use the chosen host.

References: Google Search Central on consolidating duplicate URLs (https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/crawling/consolidate-duplicate-urls) and HTTP redirect semantics (RFC 7231 section 6.4) (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7231#section-6.4).

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I know in the past, they were treated as different sites, but I think Google has gotten smarter since then. Regardless, you should always choose to use just one of them, and 301 redirect the other to the preferred one. Do all marketing just with whichever you prefer. Google Webmaster Tools also lets you set a preferred domain, where you can choose example.com or www.example.com, so be sure to set that.

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According to me doing submission for with www & without www link juice will differ for each other. So will suggest you to use 301 redirect in this case.

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Thanku Dani for this information.....:)

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