Thanks to MaxD for posting this..
You index page gone MIA Dave
well it looks like google has it’s url canonicalization problems back again.. ok I show you how I would fix it.
first off, what is a Google url canonicalization error, well it’s when Google miss handles your url.
www.davidnaylor.co.uk v davidnaylor.co.uk.
well I www.davidnaylor.co.uk has Ranked #1 for DaveN, dave naylor and david naylor for ages.. and today I see this.
not good I guess. ok so this is what i’m going to do
a) setup a 301 in a mod rewrite ..
[code]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L,QSA]
b) set the www default in Google Webmaster Tools (sitemaps)
c) wait and see what happens, of course it could be a ban or something maybe Matt didn’t like me offering seo advice to my readers or the fact I got more readers than him heheh 
.. lol
DaveN
8 Comments
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19th October 2006 @ 09:50
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> if you only have access to htcaccess which a good number will only have
Except for all the ones on IIS - they usually have access to nothing (unless its dedicated server where they put an ISAPI filter on)
19th October 2006 @ 11:20
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i was going to mention the poor buggers on IIS, but they are animals, so who cares lol
19th October 2006 @ 12:11
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Dave,
It’s worse for you here (in Boston). You come up 8th for the same search. You can see the screenshot here:
19th October 2006 @ 12:54
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IIS users can use PHP or ASP to create a 301 header redirect. If you scroll further down in the threadwatch link posted by ukgimp you’ll get the PHP for it - http://www.threadwatch.org/node/2817#comment-16721
20th October 2006 @ 22:14
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Wow… you’re so cool that I can buy you on eBay. I guess that’s just one-upping Dax, who only sold his moustache. Good show.
23rd October 2006 @ 15:27
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The approach you describe will work perfectly. I have been doing this with my domains for years now, and it helps with both analytics and SEO.
2nd November 2006 @ 18:45
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UKgimp hates the poor people on IIS. You used to be poor once!!!
5th November 2006 @ 03:58
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if you only have access to htcaccess which a good number will only have then you can do the following:
http://www.threadwatch.org/node/2817#comment-16701
I am not sure why they struggle with this.