Comments on: Be Geek Cool and Lose the WWW http://www.toprankblog.com/2006/09/be-geek-cool-and-lose-the-www/ Grow your business with TopRank Online Marketing tips, articles, & expert information on social media, content marketing & search engine marketing. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Glen Stansberry http://www.toprankblog.com/2006/09/be-geek-cool-and-lose-the-www/#comment-26713 Glen Stansberry Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:36:40 +0000 http://www.toprankblog.com/2006/09/be-geek-cool-and-lose-the-www/#comment-26713 Thanks for the link Lee! Yeah, I really only left out the www because I think it kind of clutters a domain. It's not realy needed (yay .htaccess!), and I think that people might remember it a little better if there's not a www in front to muck things up. So, minimalism and marketing were my two factors :) Thanks for the link Lee! Yeah, I really only left out the www because I think it kind of clutters a domain. It’s not realy needed (yay .htaccess!), and I think that people might remember it a little better if there’s not a www in front to muck things up. So, minimalism and marketing were my two factors :)

]]> By: Acorn Creative http://www.toprankblog.com/2006/09/be-geek-cool-and-lose-the-www/#comment-26694 Acorn Creative Sat, 23 Sep 2006 13:27:07 +0000 http://www.toprankblog.com/2006/09/be-geek-cool-and-lose-the-www/#comment-26694 [...] Let’s start a list:* Are you smiling when you answer the phone?* If you say you’ll call back in 2 hours, which happens more often … a 90 minute callback or a 3 hour callback?* Do you use “www” in your URL like everbody else or are you “geek cool“?* Did you actually put thought into the difference between the fonts that you use in headlines vs. body text?* Do you reinforce your own brand by giving your employees computer wallpaper?* etc. [...] [...] Let’s start a list:* Are you smiling when you answer the phone?* If you say you’ll call back in 2 hours, which happens more often … a 90 minute callback or a 3 hour callback?* Do you use “www” in your URL like everbody else or are you “geek cool“?* Did you actually put thought into the difference between the fonts that you use in headlines vs. body text?* Do you reinforce your own brand by giving your employees computer wallpaper?* etc. [...]

]]> By: Lee Odden http://www.toprankblog.com/2006/09/be-geek-cool-and-lose-the-www/#comment-26692 Lee Odden Sat, 23 Sep 2006 13:07:07 +0000 http://www.toprankblog.com/2006/09/be-geek-cool-and-lose-the-www/#comment-26692 I suppose if more sites started using the non-www it would make anything using a sub-domain stand out. But I doubt that will happen any time soon. There's too much brand investment in the www version. I suppose if more sites started using the non-www it would make anything using a sub-domain stand out. But I doubt that will happen any time soon. There’s too much brand investment in the www version.

]]> By: Brian Clark http://www.toprankblog.com/2006/09/be-geek-cool-and-lose-the-www/#comment-26610 Brian Clark Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:38:28 +0000 http://www.toprankblog.com/2006/09/be-geek-cool-and-lose-the-www/#comment-26610 I used to do this back in 1998 to be cool. At that point a lot of people just couldn't imagine how you could pull such a thing off on the www without the www. Now days I've stuck with www. Simply because Google used to not understand that with or with out "www" was actually the same place. The key is to be consistent, but you can't control how people link. Apparently now this problem is fixed, so everyone can (maybe) stop using those .htaccess redirects. I used to do this back in 1998 to be cool. At that point a lot of people just couldn’t imagine how you could pull such a thing off on the www without the www.

Now days I’ve stuck with www. Simply because Google used to not understand that with or with out “www” was actually the same place. The key is to be consistent, but you can’t control how people link.

Apparently now this problem is fixed, so everyone can (maybe) stop using those .htaccess redirects.

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