Different PR on the same page?

DaveM · 2004-06-02, 10:23 PM

Has anyone else seen this? On one of my sites I have a different Google pr depending on if I use www. in my URL. I have a PR 2 when I go to Mydomain.com and a PR 1 when I go to www.mydomain.com!

How can this be since its the same html? Weird.

DangerDave · 2004-06-02, 11:43 PM

Dave,

They ARE two different pages..... at least according to googlebot, and until it proves to itself that they aren't you will see differing PRs.

You can see diff PR's on

domain.com/
www.domain.com/
www.domain.com/index.html

Even though they may all be the same page.. they have three different addresses..

DD

Bill · 2004-06-02, 11:47 PM

It's very common, actually. Typically it means you have used both forms of the url in incoming links to the domain.

There's a school of thought that says that there is a risk that google will decide the two urls are duplicates (which typically they are) and will devalue the serp ranking of one of them. The risk is they will devalue the one you want to keep high in the serps.

So, the usual advice is to pick one form of the url and always use it in all linking.

DaveM · 2004-06-03, 07:02 PM

Damn that seems pretty f-ed up. I would have figured Google's bot would recognize it as the same page.

2004-06-02, 10:23 PM	#1
DaveM Internet! Is that thing still around? Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lo$$ Vegas, NV. Posts: 7	Different PR on the same page? Has anyone else seen this? On one of my sites I have a different Google pr depending on if I use www. in my URL. I have a PR 2 when I go to Mydomain.com and a PR 1 when I go to www.mydomain.com! How can this be since its the same html? Weird. __________________

2004-06-02, 11:43 PM	#2
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2004-06-03, 07:02 PM	#4
DaveM Internet! Is that thing still around? Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lo$$ Vegas, NV. Posts: 7	Damn that seems pretty f-ed up. I would have figured Google's bot would recognize it as the same page. __________________

2004-06-02, 11:47 PM	#3
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	It's very common, actually. Typically it means you have used both forms of the url in incoming links to the domain. There's a school of thought that says that there is a risk that google will decide the two urls are duplicates (which typically they are) and will devalue the serp ranking of one of them. The risk is they will devalue the one you want to keep high in the serps. So, the usual advice is to pick one form of the url and always use it in all linking.