Re: www vs. no www

Hello TeeKay,

http://sitemaps.blogspot.com/2005/12/www-vs-non-www-versions-of-site.html

I don't know about "most". It depends on the server admin. I have been
wildcarding in dns and apache, setting up "www." as the main site and
301 redirecting everything else. See, people make typos sometimes, and
even sometimes you'll have less-savvy people that make a mistake and
don't understand.

it is pretty common for someone to type in something like:

ww.nodemap.com

in their address bar.

If they get an error, they just might not know what to do.

This information is based on call-center support issues for a retailer
where most of the customers in their market have not focused much
attention on "things computer". So I have to speak in terms of
bristle-blocks and lincoln-logs. If you catch my drift.

Here is what I do in dns:

nodemap.com. A 66.139.75.176
nodemap.com. A 66.135.46.144
www.nodemap.com. A 66.139.75.176
www.nodemap.com. A 66.135.46.144
* IN CNAME www.nodemap.com.

and in apache:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.nodemap.com
#main vhost entry for nodemap.com here
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName nodemap.com
ServerAlias *.nodemap.com
#redirect everything else
Redirect permanent / http://www.nodemap.com/
</VirtualHost>

Take care

Waitman