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There are some SEO disadvantages to having people go to both www. and non-www. sites since google etc sees them as separate sites, however this can be resolved on the server side by Url redirection/rewriting rules. So the best practice should be to have both working via DNS and have appropriate rules on the web server to make one of them primary. -Vivek On 7/12/10 10:20 AM, "Brian Hoort" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 >