With WWW or without WWW?

[Roxas]

Hi I recently purchased xenforo and new to it.. I would like to asked which one is better is it with WWW or without WWW prefix?

Thanks...

 

[Jake Bunce]

They are usually functionally no different.

Using "www" is an old internet fashion. Many sites still use it. But some choose to drop it for the sake of concision.

 

[Roxas]

Thanks for the reply.. so what do you suggest? does adding up or removing www will affect SEO?

 

[Jake Bunce]

I suggest no "www".

There is no impact on SEO.

 

[ibnesayeed]

This is personal preference though. There is no strong opinion that makes one better than the other. I personally prefer keeping the main site with www instead of bare domain. That way if I have sub-domains like blog, forum, or whatnot, they all stay at the same level. That said, I would keep www.example.com but not www.blog.example.com. That means I will redirect example.com to www.example.com and www.blog.example.com to blog.example.com.

 

[Roxas]

thanks for suggestion @ibnesayeed & @Jake Bunce one more thing about the recaptcha, is it build in? we dont have to insert private and public keys?

 

[Jake Bunce]

thanks for suggestion @ibnesayeed & @Jake Bunce one more thing about the recaptcha, is it build in? we dont have to insert private and public keys?

It's built-in but it's not very effective anymore. It is better to use the Q&A feature. You just need to create some questions.

 

[Roxas]

alright mate thanks lot

 

[ibnesayeed]

thanks for suggestion @ibnesayeed & @Jake Bunce one more thing about the recaptcha, is it build in? we dont have to insert private and public keys?

I guess recaptcha works out of the box. But I prefer custom question answer. Especially in my forum (which is not in English) I can keep the question simple and do not expect a bot to find out an answer. This has worked great in our board so far.

 

[Roxas]

Is that better than recaptcha?

 

[ibnesayeed]

Is that better than recaptcha?

Try both and see what works for you. I have put together my experience in my previous post.

 

[Roxas]

thanks! do you know any good themes for v 1.2?

 

[ibnesayeed]

thanks! do you know any good themes for v 1.2?

How about having a look at Styles section of Resource Manager.

 

[Floren]

I would like to asked which one is better is it with WWW or without WWW prefix?

http://google.com

 

[Anthony Parsons]

Put them in a hat and pick one blindly... it doesn't matter. Do what eBay does, screw it all and let both run wild.