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Old 10-12-2011, 02:00 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Exclamation How to Contact Google??

Specifically, how to get Google Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics to check out/point to "http://AminkaOzmun.com" instead of "http://www.AminkaOzmun.com"??

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Old 10-12-2011, 02:06 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Specifically, how to get Google Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics to check out/point to "http://AminkaOzmun.com" instead of "http://www.AminkaOzmun.com"??
This isn't something that some google customer service person will do for you.
Either you figure it out to do it yourself via the Google Webmaster interface or Google Analytics or it probably won't done.

Pro Webmasters - Stack Exchange is probably a good website to ask how it's done.
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Old 10-12-2011, 03:39 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Hmm, I'm really surprised! Even Yahoo! provides free live customer service online for their no-cost e-mail accounts!

Okay, I guess I'll change my question (or should I start a new thread?), then, to:

Does anyone know how to get Google Webmaster Tools or Google Analytics to point to the current non-www version of my site?? Maybe I should just create whole new accounts -- or would that seem weird to Google vis-à-vis SEO??
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Old 10-12-2011, 04:23 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Okay, I finally found the answer: it doesn't matter to Google's tools!

https://www.google.com/support/forum...91f75f5c&hl=en

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https://www.google.com/support/forum...533afd60&hl=en
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It's also fairly easy to force your domain to default to the non-www form. All of my domains do that (because I find the www convention silly). If you type the domain name with the www, it will just be forced to the other, automatically.

Here's more information:

Force users to use the WWW or Non-WWW version of your domain - Htaccess Basics
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Old 10-12-2011, 09:12 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Thanks, CaterpillarWoman!

I actually found the .htaccess info from none other than no-www.org, but I was afraid how Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools would work given the changes. Thank Goodness they're smart enough to not penalize anyone!
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Thanks, CaterpillarWoman!

I actually found the .htaccess info from none other than no-www.org, but I was afraid how Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools would work given the changes. Thank Goodness they're smart enough to not penalize anyone!
In addition to what everyone else said, keep in mind that Google treats ABC.com - Official Site of the ABC Network as a completely different website from abc.com -- this is something you will notice they stick to throughout their entire set of tools, including the custom search engine you have been having (the same) issue with not too long ago.
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In addition to what everyone else said, keep in mind that Google treats ABC.com - Official Site of the ABC Network as a completely different website from abc.com -- this is something you will notice they stick to throughout their entire set of tools, including the custom search engine you have been having (the same) issue with not too long ago.

Wait a minute -- I'm really confused now!

Are you saying www.abc.com and just plain abc.com are different to Google??

Also not sure what you mean by that "custom search engine" reference....

Please elaborate!
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Ya, you should pick one and stick to it, though so long as one is redirected to the other, some discrepancies shouldn't cause any real problems.
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