Indexing "Without WWW" while it is already redirected to the "WWW" version
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Hi Guys
My websites are being indexed without "WWW" while the 'http://abc.com' is redirected to 'http://www.abc.com'.
Now what I believe is that the URL encoded in my website files are written as 'http://abc.com' rather than 'http://www.abc.com'
And since now Google has removed the "Set Preferred Domain" option from the Webmaster Tools, I can't set the preferred version of the URL.
Oh & Some pages are indexed with "WWW" & Some are indexed "without WWW"
Now I think that it's not an issue, but a lot of people have been saying that this may hurt the rankings..
Some comments/tips would be really appreciated
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If its been redirected it will filter down to Google and get updated in the SERP so don't fret too much. If you are worried you can always rel=canonical it to your preferred address which will back up any preferred index issues.
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