www or no www

jono · 02-07-2009, 19:06

What's your preference? Do you use the www. or not?

aussie bloke · 03-07-2009, 17:59

Yes I use www.(blah blah blah).com

The Leader · 06-07-2009, 09:40

I use www cause most people assume a website must have a www at the front!

ronwits · 07-07-2009, 17:43

I don't use www online but I do use it for offline promotion like catalogues and publications.

brapster · 07-07-2009, 22:09

sometimes i do, sometimes i dont - what can i say! its random.

jono · 08-07-2009, 12:44

Personally I put the www in front, but as long as you support both (and ideally bounce to one or the other) I don't see the big issue.

The reason I asked was that I've seen some webmasters saying that we should all drop the www (eg. http://no-www.org). I really can't find a good reason other than it's not necessary.

ronwits · 11-07-2009, 18:23

Well, I think they are into uniformity of all webpages.

Mark · 14-07-2009, 13:31

I think people are use to www - people know something prefixed with www means it's a web address. Also a lot of applications (such as email packages, word processors, etc) will automatically convert a word beginning with www into a hyperlink it.

I vote to keep the www. As long as you accept both I don't see the fuss.

ronwits · 14-07-2009, 15:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark

I think people are use to www - people know something prefixed with www means it's a web address. Also a lot of applications (such as email packages, word processors, etc) will automatically convert a word beginning with www into a hyperlink it.

I vote to keep the www. As long as you accept both I don't see the fuss.

I agree with this, when not so techie people sees something that with a www. on its beginning, they will immediately think that "ah, its a website, cool!".

cygnetseo · 17-07-2009, 17:36

Ya i use www.