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Originally Posted by PremierPDS
is that important for SEO? What's the difference?
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A permanent 301 redirect of a www . domainname to a http:// domainname should be OK. Whether there is any SEO avantage of removing the www is debatable, negligible if any IMO.
You have a couple of issues with your site:
1. The redirect is not a permanent 301 redirect, but a temporary 302 redirect so this might cause some SEO issues if you have inbound links to www. see
302 redirects and SEO and
302 redirect for more information
To check what HTTP redirects are in place you can use this online tool:
http://news.stepforth.com/seo-tools/...er-checker.php
2. The redirect isn't just from a www . domainname to a domainname but to a domainname/extraurl as the home page. Personally I'm not that keen on home pages with extra URL information after the domain name, and it might have some affect on SEO too. It doesn't matter so much for this forum, since:
a. there is a permanent 301 redirect in place
b. the redirect url has /forum appended, one of the main keywords out of "business forums" this website is targeting, and the other two words are in the domain name anyway