3.27.2006

Must stop typing WWW

It's a pretty futile thing to type www. ahead of web addresses these days, yet I still do it. I'm trying to quit. I do type the http:// as Firefox on my mac has the occasional hissy fit that it doesn't seem to know what to do with "flickr.com" or "blogger.com" or "brendanlynch.com". Arrrgh.

I'm considering adding a redirector on my site to force people to brendanlynch.com should they type www.brendanlynch.com.

What are your thoughts on this? Should WWW be put out to pasture?

Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes by Thievery Corporation
posted by Brendan Lynch at 10:01 PM

4 Comments:

  • I totally agree. If people have access to their .htaccess file, they can add the following:


    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^yourdomain.com$ [NC]
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301]


    I recently implemented it on my site.

    Down with www!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4/25/2006 11:42 AM   Edit Comment

  • Go for it. WWW is dead and redundant. Inspired by lots of sites out there I also recently made the adjustment using that same code (obviously modified for my domain). The www regime must end.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4/25/2006 11:56 AM   Edit Comment

  • Done. WWW is dead for BrendanLynch.com !

    Thanks for the code, Clifton

    By Blogger Brendan Lynch, at 4/28/2006 5:32 PM   Edit Comment

  • Hmmm - or maybe not. The rewrite is crashing the Flash plugin in IE. Will revisit soon.

    By Blogger Brendan Lynch, at 4/28/2006 5:40 PM   Edit Comment

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