Should you always use www?

Final Verdict. If you have a large website or anticipate your website to grow, you should opt for a www domain. It does not add that much complexity to the name and has some inherent technical advantages. If you have a small website, using a www domain is unnecessary.

Why do we still use www?

In most cases, WWW serves no technical purpose. You can create a domain without its presence, and the website will still operate as any website should. So, why is WWW used so frequently? The use of WWW has been around since the creation of the internet, and its widespread use as a subdomain was largely accidental.

Do you need www in domain name?

The ‘www’ prefix has not been deprecated. It’s unambiguous, technically accurate and distinguishes the address from similar URLs for protocols such as mail or FTP. Without the ‘www’, you must set your root (non-www) domain DNS A-record to point at your web server’s IP address.

Why do some sites need www?

WWW or the World Wide Web is a prefix to a specific name to recognize that it is a site that you are going by.

Does www matter for SEO?

Does it matter for SEO? In short, (directly) no. From an SEO perspective it doesn’t make a difference whether you use WWW or not in front of your domain name. What’s important is that you have a preferred version and redirect all others to that one.

When was www dropped?

Use of “www” as a URL prefix was added in the early days of the web and it caught on by accident. But for the rarest scenarios, using “www” has been unnecessary since circa 1994.

Why do some domains not have www?

In the case of Web sites that happen to work without the “www” prefix, it simply means that the administrator has decided that if there is no prefix, the IP address returned should be the IP address for the Web server. For more information, check out the links on the next page.

Should my website have www?

Final Verdict If you have a large website or anticipate your website to grow, you should opt for a www domain. It does not add that much complexity to the name and has some inherent technical advantages. If you have a small website, using a www domain is unnecessary.