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Question by GSG:
I’m using a script in my .htaccess file which points all links from my “non-www” site to my www site.
I’m using:

# Start non-www page protection #

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mysite\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/$ 1 [L,R=301]

# End non-www page protection #

Is this the correct format, and will all links now point just to the www version just from the time that I do this and upload the new .htaccess file, or will all links (and the page rank boost associated with it) become retrospective? Will I see a boost in rank immediately?

I’ve also heard that the search engines see a www.mysite.com version and a www.mysite.com/ version. Will my script take care of this as well, or do I have to add something else? (I cannot see whether the script does this or not as I am not a coder!)

For .co.uk domains do I just alternative .co.uk for .com in each case?

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