To www or not to www, that is in the URL …

I have said that incoming links are very important. That is, you want to have the most incoming links to your pages possible, from the most relevant sites possible.  But should you link as www.huntsville-bike-parts.com or just use huntsville-bike-parts.com? 

Many of us are predisposed to including the www at this point, even though most of the time the www is irrelevant (with www and with out www will usually take you to the same place). Others see the www as extraneous and leave it off  and many times you see the www omitted on billboards, trucks and ads. The answer is … (more)

URLs and Linking for SEO

I mention on my SEO page that having a descriptive URL is a good thing. In the example I say that www.huntsville-bike-parts.com is better than having www.bobsbikes.com. Why?? — You know that incoming links (sites linking to yours) are very important, perhaps equally important is the phrase that links the URL. When you have a descriptive URL, this link and phrase association are one and the same. 

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