The middle one is the "careless" one. The others were included for context.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rytlewski, Jamie [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 10:37 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] www. required on URLs?
>
> I wouldn't call the last example as careless. I would call
> it the right way if you want to make sure all your sessions
> and cookies all work on a single domain such as
> www.opm.msu.edu. Look at how facebook does it. You type in
> http://facebook.com and it redirects you to
> http://www.facebook.com and twitter does the opposite. You
> type in http://www.twitter.com and you are redirected to
> http://twitter.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Wolf [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 10:33 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] www. required on URLs?
>
> And for an example of what happens when the webmaster gets
> careless about this, look at:
> http://www.ent.msu.edu/
> and
> http://ent.msu.edu/
> and
> http://opm.msu.edu/
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Hoort [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 10:20 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [MSUNAG] www. required on URLs?
> >
> > I remember a time in the early nineties when "www." was
> > practically required
> > on all URLs. E.g. http://www.msu.edu, not http://msu.edu.
> > These days
> > sites almost universally work with or without it. I notice
> > that the MSU home page works both ways, as does my college
> > and department sites, and all corporate sites I can think of.
> > Interestingly the MSU Library still requires this.
> > http://lib.msu.edu does not work.
> >
> > In general, what is the feeling out there on this? From a
> > usability standpoint, do you think this is just webmaster
> > preference, or is this considered "broken" these days?
> >
> > Brian Hoort
> > Computer Service
> > Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Michigan State University
> > 517-355-4701
> > Email: [log in to unmask]
> > Skype: brian_hoort
> >
> >
>
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