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One of my grumpyoldman whinges on the web, is that usally i just type domain name without the “www”. If a websites dns is setup fully then this doesnt matter. But I am finding more and more websites, including large corporate sites that omit including the domain name itself. Going round goverment sites is good way to find most examples. Try this in the browser - http://companieshouse.gov.uk - and you get a “Page Not Displayed” error.

no-www.org are a coherent voice on this basic subject, and provide a good validator for your own website. Worthwhile exercise, to highlight any blatant oversights.

Below is example of the output …

Checking hactivismo.com and www.hactivismo.com DNS records
www.hactivismo.com is a valid hostname
hactivismo.com is a valid hostname

Testing www.hactivismo.com for HTTP access
Port 80 access successful

Testing www.hactivismo.com for redirect to hactivismo.com
www.hactivismo.com does not redirect to hactivismo.com.

Testing hactivismo.com for HTTP access
Port 80 access successful

Testing hactivismo.com for redirect to www.hactivismo.com.
hactivismo.com does not redirect to www.hactivismo.com.

No redirection detected… testing to see if hactivismo.com matches www.hactivismo.com.
hactivismo.com HTML matches www.hactivismo.com.
Results stored.

Domain qualifies as Class A