[RESOLVED] forcing www subdomain

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Hey folks,

I see that most sites force a www subdomain. Google and Yahoo, for instance both redirect to the www subdomain. I've heard one primary reason for doing this is to avoid the appearance of having sites with duplicate content; though, that doesn't really seem like it would apply to Google or Yahoo.

I'm interested as to whether there are any other practical reasons floating around out there. And, is it just as good to redirect all traffic away from the www subdomain?

I look forward to some feedback. Thanks!

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bump!

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Is there another category I should submit this question to?

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OK. If anyone is interested ...

I have chosen to force the www subdomain. This provides the following benefits:

I can separate cookies from the "root" site and its subdomains if the need arises.
Search engines / Crawlers will not see "duplicate" sites.
People are accustomed to seeing the www subdomain.
In the even that I add additional services using different protocols to the site, the www subdomain will serve to distinguish the HTTP/WWW server in the absence of the HTTP protocol prefix.


... I think that's it.