301 ReDirect your Proxy
What? I hear you say in a puzzled look, or Why? for some of you. But I really think you should 301 redirect the non-www (http://empaya.com) version of your proxy to the www version (http://www.empaya.com). If you plan on creating proxies just to sell then it may not be worth doing so, but if you are serious about proxies and owning them yourself and building up your network then you should consider tasks which revolve around Search Engine Optimisation and building traffic to your proxy websites via search engines. So then why would we want to redirect the non-www version of our site to the www version?
- Remove the issue of duplicate pages, as both pages will be exactly the same
- Spread the power of all that ‘link love’ to one place
- Pass PR better (Important if you plan to sell sites)
So, how do you do it?
Firstly you need to open up a text editor and add this:
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
rewritecond %{http_host} ^domain.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [r=301,nc]
Remember to change domain.com with your actual domain. Save the file as .htaccess (dont forget the .) and upload the file to your site root. Voila youve now redirected your non-www version of your site to the www version. If this isnt working for you just put up in the comments and well help resolve the issue.