# Canonical www vs non www

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**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [April 1, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/canonical-www-vs-non-www/6125 "2016-04-01T19:30:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![manofdogz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/manofdogz/32/26314_2.png) [@manofdogz](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/manofdogz)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/canonical-www-vs-non-www/6125/1 "2016-04-01T19:30:20Z")

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I have taken on a couple of old websites which were never given a preferred “www” or “non www” and never re-directed in .htaccess.

I’d like to sort this now but, having been live for some years, I’m concerned that one version may have better google ranking than the other and I want to make sure I canonicalise the higher ranked version.

Anyone know if my concerns are justified and if so, how to find out which version is better ranked?

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**Author:** ![swilliam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/swilliam/32/14799_2.png) [@swilliam](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/swilliam)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/canonical-www-vs-non-www/6125/2 "2016-04-01T19:39:16Z")

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there is a page rank widget for most browsers  
[http://any-tech.ws/page-rank/](http://any-tech.ws/page-rank/)