That Smith

Here is my third list of available domain names for Wichita. This list contains 51 – 75 of 300 excellent names I found that are perfect for Wichita businesses and entrepreneurs.

If this is your first time viewing my lists, be sure to check out available domain names 1 – 25 and Wichita names 26 – 50.

Also included on those lists are SEO and internet marketing tips for small businesses, a disclaimer that explains why you should only register these names if you intend to use them, and a code you can use to register them for $6.95/year.

My last internet marketing tip covered how to add your new website to search engines and included an SEO tip on only allowing each page to have one unique address. That tip highlighted the importance of not pointing multiple domains to the same pages, which is what my employer did in the past.

SEO Tip:

Equally important is making sure your pages load with either www or no-www (www.thatsmith.com or thatsmith.com), and not both. This is essential for good internet marketing because search engines will count them as unique addresses and will split your ranking between the two pages.

To resolve this, you need to decide if you want your pages to be seen at www.yourdomain.com/page or just yourdomain.com/page. If you are using Apache Web Server, create a text document in your root folder named .htaccess containing one of the following:

To force no-www –

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
	RewriteEngine On
	RewriteBase /

	RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^thatsmith.com$
	RewriteRule ^(.*) http://thatsmith.com/$1 [R=301,L]

	RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^443$
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^thatsmith.com$
	RewriteRule ^(.*) https://thatsmith.com/$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>

To force www –

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
	RewriteEngine On
	RewriteBase /

	RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.thatsmith.com$
	RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.thatsmith.com/$1 [R=301,L]

	RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^443$
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.thatsmith.com$
	RewriteRule ^(.*) https://www.thatsmith.com/$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>

Of course be sure to replace thatsmith with your domain name, otherwise all your pages and incoming links will send your visitors to me.

The code above does several things, first it tells your web server (Apache) to turn on the rewrite module if it exists. It then asks if the page is being requested through a regular (http) or secure (https) connection, and checks to see if the domain is in the form you decided on (www vs no-www).

If the domain requested doesn’t match, or doesn’t include your www preference, it tells the browser or search engine the page they are looking for moved permanently and gives them the new address.

This transitions the visitor seamlessly to the new address and informs the search engine to display and rank the page according to your preference.

When the same pages load on multiple domains and subdomains you have an issue with non-canonical URL’s. This degrades your ranking in search engines. You can check your site for non-canonical URL’s by typing yourdomain.com and www.yourdomain.com and seeing if the page loaded is the same, but addresses are different.

The above is just one way to fix this issue, but doesn’t solve the issue of when http and https addresses point to the same page. I will share more on that in a few weeks, and a less technical internet marketing tip next time.