Comments on: It’s Time to Drop the “www” http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www grep understanding Fri, 25 May 2012 02:15:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Luke http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-6#comment-241886 Luke Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:41:24 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-241886 <p>Some domains might have multiple websites physically hosted on separate servers. For example:<br><br><a href="http://www.mysite.com" rel="nofollow">www.mysite.com</a><br><a href="http://wiki.mysite.com" rel="nofollow">wiki.mysite.com</a><br><a href="http://forum.mysite.com" rel="nofollow">forum.mysite.com</a><br><br>They all use the same protocol, HTTP, so there would still need to be some other distinction to identify which machine any particular request is actually referring to.<br><br>In this case, I suppose the bare string "mysite.com" could be treated as a synonym for one of the three depending on their relative popularity, and traffic could be rerouted accordingly. But the other two servers would have to retain their individual unique names.</p> Some domains might have multiple websites physically hosted on separate servers. For example:

http://www.mysite.com
wiki.mysite.com
forum.mysite.com

They all use the same protocol, HTTP, so there would still need to be some other distinction to identify which machine any particular request is actually referring to.

In this case, I suppose the bare string “mysite.com” could be treated as a synonym for one of the three depending on their relative popularity, and traffic could be rerouted accordingly. But the other two servers would have to retain their individual unique names.

]]> By: Luke http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-6#comment-241004 Luke Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:41:24 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-241004 <p>Some domains might have multiple websites physically hosted on separate servers. For example:<br><br><a href="http://www.mysite.com" rel="nofollow">www.mysite.com</a><br><a href="http://wiki.mysite.com" rel="nofollow">wiki.mysite.com</a><br><a href="http://forum.mysite.com" rel="nofollow">forum.mysite.com</a><br><br>They all use the same protocol, HTTP, so there would still need to be some other distinction to identify which machine any particular request is actually referring to.<br><br>In this case, I suppose the bare string "mysite.com" could be treated as a synonym for one of the three depending on their relative popularity, and traffic could be rerouted accordingly. But the other two servers would have to retain their individual unique names.</p> Some domains might have multiple websites physically hosted on separate servers. For example:

http://www.mysite.com
wiki.mysite.com
forum.mysite.com

They all use the same protocol, HTTP, so there would still need to be some other distinction to identify which machine any particular request is actually referring to.

In this case, I suppose the bare string “mysite.com” could be treated as a synonym for one of the three depending on their relative popularity, and traffic could be rerouted accordingly. But the other two servers would have to retain their individual unique names.

]]> By: Website Design Chester http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-6#comment-213245 Website Design Chester Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:11:13 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-213245 <p>An interesting topic of discussion here. I agree with "PC Pete" in the fact that using the "www" in print makes it clear that a website is being referenced. The thing that still amazes me is that most people still type a web address into a search bar instead of a the browsers address bar!</p> An interesting topic of discussion here. I agree with “PC Pete” in the fact that using the “www” in print makes it clear that a website is being referenced. The thing that still amazes me is that most people still type a web address into a search bar instead of a the browsers address bar!

]]> By: Website Design Chester http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-6#comment-248510 Website Design Chester Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:11:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-248510 <p>An interesting topic of discussion here. I agree with "PC Pete" in the fact that using the "www" in print makes it clear that a website is being referenced. The thing that still amazes me is that most people still type a web address into a search bar instead of a the browsers address bar!</p> An interesting topic of discussion here. I agree with “PC Pete” in the fact that using the “www” in print makes it clear that a website is being referenced. The thing that still amazes me is that most people still type a web address into a search bar instead of a the browsers address bar!

]]> By: How-To: Install Wordpress on a GoDaddy Linux Virtual Dedicated Server | New York Information Systems Inc. http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-6#comment-208199 How-To: Install Wordpress on a GoDaddy Linux Virtual Dedicated Server | New York Information Systems Inc. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:04:28 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-208199 <p>[...] “www.yourdomain.com” will be redirected to “yourdomain.com”. There is some controversy on whether or not to use “www.” anymore, but despite the controversy, we recommend using “www.” anyway unless you have a [...]</p> [...] “www.yourdomain.com” will be redirected to “yourdomain.com”. There is some controversy on whether or not to use “www.” anymore, but despite the controversy, we recommend using “www.” anyway unless you have a [...]

]]> By: Dropping the WWW - ShiftEleven http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-6#comment-112693 Dropping the WWW - ShiftEleven Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:01:01 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-112693 <p>[...] did this a while back, but I thought I would mention it now: I have dropped the www from ShiftEleven. This came about from a discussion I had with Jason. He proposed the important [...]</p> [...] did this a while back, but I thought I would mention it now: I have dropped the www from ShiftEleven. This came about from a discussion I had with Jason. He proposed the important [...]

]]> By: Dean http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-6#comment-76273 Dean Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:15:45 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-76273 <p>Just get everyone to stop saying "double-U" three times and make up a new word for it, or we could say "triple-double-u" at only five syllables (Nearly a 50% savings!) or "six-u"; that's only two syllables (Over 75% OFF!) Seriously, what do we do about those who insist on typing www-dot in front of every address even when you don't say it?</p> Just get everyone to stop saying “double-U” three times and make up a new word for it, or we could say “triple-double-u” at only five syllables (Nearly a 50% savings!) or “six-u”; that’s only two syllables (Over 75% OFF!) Seriously, what do we do about those who insist on typing www-dot in front of every address even when you don’t say it?

]]> By: Dean http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-6#comment-248509 Dean Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:15:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-248509 <p>Just get everyone to stop saying "double-U" three times and make up a new word for it, or we could say "triple-double-u" at only five syllables (Nearly a 50% savings!) or "six-u"; that's only two syllables (Over 75% OFF!) Seriously, what do we do about those who insist on typing www-dot in front of every address even when you don't say it?</p> Just get everyone to stop saying “double-U” three times and make up a new word for it, or we could say “triple-double-u” at only five syllables (Nearly a 50% savings!) or “six-u”; that’s only two syllables (Over 75% OFF!) Seriously, what do we do about those who insist on typing www-dot in front of every address even when you don’t say it?

]]> By: La pronunciación de WWW http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-6#comment-74596 La pronunciación de WWW Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:59:22 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-74596 <p>[...] eso apoyo la iniciativa de eliminar las www de la direcciones web y coincido con Douglas [...]</p> [...] eso apoyo la iniciativa de eliminar las www de la direcciones web y coincido con Douglas [...]

]]> By: Chuck http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-6#comment-74523 Chuck Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:09:58 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-74523 <p>I recommend using uuuuuu instead of www. The existence of a "w" has peeved me forever. I mean, we don't have a "double-o" or a "double-e", right? Just how hard is it to continue to hold the key down, anyway?</p> I recommend using uuuuuu instead of www. The existence of a “w” has peeved me forever. I mean, we don’t have a “double-o” or a “double-e”, right? Just how hard is it to continue to hold the key down, anyway?

]]> By: Chuck http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-6#comment-248508 Chuck Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:09:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-248508 <p>I recommend using uuuuuu instead of www. The existence of a "w" has peeved me forever. I mean, we don't have a "double-o" or a "double-e", right? Just how hard is it to continue to hold the key down, anyway?</p> I recommend using uuuuuu instead of www. The existence of a “w” has peeved me forever. I mean, we don’t have a “double-o” or a “double-e”, right? Just how hard is it to continue to hold the key down, anyway?

]]> By: Keith http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-6#comment-74477 Keith Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:04:35 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-74477 <p>I have to agree with this story. It is perhaps time to drop the "www" prefix to domain name, as they simply serves not much of a purpose. I have started trimming off the www on some of my sites, and I find that they work equally well.</p> <p>However, it is best to careful when switching from a "www" domain to a non-www domain name, as it may temporarily result in a loss of traffic and page indexing on search engine. It has to be done with extra care. You definitely will not want to result in loss of traffic.</p> I have to agree with this story. It is perhaps time to drop the “www” prefix to domain name, as they simply serves not much of a purpose. I have started trimming off the www on some of my sites, and I find that they work equally well.

However, it is best to careful when switching from a “www” domain to a non-www domain name, as it may temporarily result in a loss of traffic and page indexing on search engine. It has to be done with extra care. You definitely will not want to result in loss of traffic.

]]> By: Keith http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-6#comment-248507 Keith Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:04:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-248507 <p>I have to agree with this story. It is perhaps time to drop the "www" prefix to domain name, as they simply serves not much of a purpose. I have started trimming off the www on some of my sites, and I find that they work equally well.</p> <p>However, it is best to careful when switching from a "www" domain to a non-www domain name, as it may temporarily result in a loss of traffic and page indexing on search engine. It has to be done with extra care. You definitely will not want to result in loss of traffic.</p> I have to agree with this story. It is perhaps time to drop the “www” prefix to domain name, as they simply serves not much of a purpose. I have started trimming off the www on some of my sites, and I find that they work equally well.

However, it is best to careful when switching from a “www” domain to a non-www domain name, as it may temporarily result in a loss of traffic and page indexing on search engine. It has to be done with extra care. You definitely will not want to result in loss of traffic.

]]> By: It’s Time to Drop the “www” « fugit irreparabile tempus http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-6#comment-74334 It’s Time to Drop the “www” « fugit irreparabile tempus Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:11:32 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-74334 <p>[...] read more | digg story [...]</p> [...] read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Greetings New Subscribers | dmiessler.com http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-6#comment-73934 Greetings New Subscribers | dmiessler.com Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:56:01 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-73934 <p>[...] of you who’ve recently subscribed to my feed have likely come either for my no-www article or my piece about the nice guy paradox. I’m glad you enjoyed those, and welcome to the [...]</p> [...] of you who’ve recently subscribed to my feed have likely come either for my no-www article or my piece about the nice guy paradox. I’m glad you enjoyed those, and welcome to the [...]

]]> By: Phill Price » Blog Archive » Why we need www http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-6#comment-73848 Phill Price » Blog Archive » Why we need www Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:40:13 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-73848 <p>[...] Miessler recently posted that we need to lose the www [...]</p> [...] Miessler recently posted that we need to lose the www [...]

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-6#comment-73648 Daniel Miessler Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:43:04 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-73648 <p>@Bear</p> <p>It doesn't shoot down the idea. As I said in the piece, the concept isn't to abolish hostnames -- only to point the root of the domain to the main web content. And by the way, you can just do the same with your setup as well. Send the external DNS queries to your internal DNS server, and point the root to the IP address of your web content. This isn't a discussion of eliminating options -- just changing default behavior.</p> <p>But the purpose is not to say what's best for everyone, but rather what's best for the Internet and its users in general.</p> @Bear

It doesn’t shoot down the idea. As I said in the piece, the concept isn’t to abolish hostnames — only to point the root of the domain to the main web content. And by the way, you can just do the same with your setup as well. Send the external DNS queries to your internal DNS server, and point the root to the IP address of your web content. This isn’t a discussion of eliminating options — just changing default behavior.

But the purpose is not to say what’s best for everyone, but rather what’s best for the Internet and its users in general.

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-5#comment-248506 Daniel Miessler Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:43:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-248506 <p>@Bear</p> <p>It doesn't shoot down the idea. As I said in the piece, the concept isn't to abolish hostnames -- only to point the root of the domain to the main web content. And by the way, you can just do the same with your setup as well. Send the external DNS queries to your internal DNS server, and point the root to the IP address of your web content. This isn't a discussion of eliminating options -- just changing default behavior.</p> <p>But the purpose is not to say what's best for everyone, but rather what's best for the Internet and its users in general.</p> @Bear

It doesn’t shoot down the idea. As I said in the piece, the concept isn’t to abolish hostnames — only to point the root of the domain to the main web content. And by the way, you can just do the same with your setup as well. Send the external DNS queries to your internal DNS server, and point the root to the IP address of your web content. This isn’t a discussion of eliminating options — just changing default behavior.

But the purpose is not to say what’s best for everyone, but rather what’s best for the Internet and its users in general.

]]> By: Bear http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-5#comment-73647 Bear Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:36:10 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-73647 <p>Oops. I see my comment above doesn't read very well because I didn't think and used characters that were interpreted as invalid html tags and were dropped. I should have used something like [mydomain] instead of (open chevron)mydomain(close chevron). (whatever). should have been (whatever).[mydomain] and www. should have been www.[mydomain]. Sorry about that.</p> Oops. I see my comment above doesn’t read very well because I didn’t think and used characters that were interpreted as invalid html tags and were dropped. I should have used something like [mydomain] instead of (open chevron)mydomain(close chevron). (whatever). should have been (whatever).[mydomain] and www. should have been http://www.mydomain. Sorry about that.

]]> By: Bear http://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-drop-the-www/comment-page-5#comment-248505 Bear Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:36:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1471#comment-248505 <p>Oops. I see my comment above doesn't read very well because I didn't think and used characters that were interpreted as invalid html tags and were dropped. I should have used something like [mydomain] instead of (open chevron)mydomain(close chevron). (whatever). should have been (whatever).[mydomain] and www. should have been www.[mydomain]. Sorry about that.</p> Oops. I see my comment above doesn’t read very well because I didn’t think and used characters that were interpreted as invalid html tags and were dropped. I should have used something like [mydomain] instead of (open chevron)mydomain(close chevron). (whatever). should have been (whatever).[mydomain] and www. should have been http://www.mydomain. Sorry about that.

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