Confusing Google Speed Test results 28 vs. 92
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- Mirakan
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Hi,
I have been testing my Google speed test results for few days now and was frustrated about the low result of 28. Just by accident I typed in my domain name navigonlp.com including www (before I always test it without it) and got a whopping score of 92.
I also noticed that the changes I did to the page to improve it still showed up as recommendation when I tested without www.
Someone recommended that I have to "redirect the www from the .htaccess on my server" but I have no clue what it means or what to do.
Can someone help me to understand what is going on and which score is the correct one?
Cheers Mira - Last Edit: 13 years 3 months ago by Mirakan.
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Search engines makes the difference between domain with www and without it so that is the reason why you have such results.
I guess that you didn't even bother to search what "redirect the www from the .htaccess on my server" means and how to solve this so here it is:
lmgtfy.com/?q=Redirecting+non-www+to+www+with+.htaccess
Basically you have to add the following to your .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L] - Check my services at: Mihha-Vision
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- Mirakan
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Thank you for your kind reply to my question Igor. You are right I didn't look it up when I encountered the problem due to the fact that it was 4am
. I found those suggestions later this afternoon when I searched the net as well.
I feel more comfortable to put the code into my .htaccess now that an expert like yourself has confirmed it. I trust you guys here much more .
I still don't quiet understand how the different results are created at the first place since both ways of writing the domain leads to the same page/content.
I will update my .htaccess now and from what I understand it is also important to update every link on my page now to www correct?
Cheers, Mira
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- As far as I know, if you didn't use absolute paths anywhere on your site, you don't have to change any links.
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