Google misses the 'www.' from my website

[Daniel]

I have just launched my new website www.packagingchoice.com - when searching for the site Google misses the 'www.' from the website address.

Have I missed something or is there a way I can get Google to show the full address?

[leehack]

Make sure your network settings are using the www version and in Google webmaster tools, tell Google which address to use. Always use the www version for everything, it's just less hassle. You can also use .htaccess to auto redirect a non-www link to a www link, plenty of tutorials on the web about that.

[Daniel]

Thanks!

I have found the Google webmaster tools and chosen the correct web address. Now waiting for Google to update at their end.....

[thomas]

Daniel

I have had a similar problem lately and it can result in google taking to copies of your site one with www and one without www which can cause an issue with rankings.

It may be worth putting something in your .htaccess files along the lines of

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Hope that helps :)