Domains and DNS
www and the bare domain are different hostnames. Choose one public address. Canonical it. Redirect the loser.
Sibling to apex-versus-www: this URL is the redirect discipline. Canonical tags do not replace a 301. Two 200s split signals and confuse print. We prefer you pick one and stick it on Maps. Someone whose site answers on both names and thinks that is "coverage." Coverage is a redirect, not two indexes.
Choose www or the apex as the only public hostname for the Bizzit site. On Pro at $12 a month, CNAME www to slug.bizzit.io. Redirect the other host if your DNS and HTTPS setup can. Use that same URL on Google Business Profile and paper. Free is you.bizzit.io. Do not leave both 200. Do not mix MX into this.
Who this is for
Someone whose site answers on both names and thinks that is "coverage." If that is not you, a different Bizzit guide will fit better, do not force this URL.
The actual answer
Sibling to apex-versus-www: this URL is the redirect discipline. Canonical tags do not replace a 301. Two 200s split signals and confuse print. We prefer you pick one and stick it on Maps. Coverage is a redirect, not two indexes. The short version is still the one in the box at the top of this page. The rest of the article exists so you do not have to guess the limits.
Do this in order
Pick the host you will print. Point DNS. Redirect the other. Update GBP after 200.
- Decide the printed host
- Point DNS for that host
- Redirect the other if you can
- Set internal links to the winner
- Paste the winner into GBP
What not to do
Do not canonical to an irrelevant domain. Do not 302 forever if you mean a permanent move. Do not invent apex flattening. That is the usual way a useful page turns into a doorway, a fake comparison, or a brief Cipher cannot honor.
How this shows up on Bizzit
bizzit.io itself prefers a real canonical. Your tenant should too.
Limits
Do not canonical to an irrelevant domain. Do not 302 forever if you mean a permanent move. Do not invent apex flattening.
Limits and caveats
Do not canonical to an irrelevant domain. Do not 302 forever if you mean a permanent move. Do not invent apex flattening.
If a sentence would require a competitor SKU we have not verified, or a statistic we did not measure, it does not belong here.
What to do after you read this
If this page answered the query, open Create with the nouns from your own business, not a slogan. If it did not, you are probably in the wrong cluster: go back to the blog hub or Domains and DNS. Do not spin a second URL for a synonym. One intent per page is the whole point of this library.
Tools that actually do this job
These are public pages. Use them when the job is this job. They are not a second product you have to buy.
Questions people actually ask
Which should I pick?
www is easier to CNAME. Apex needs your DNS host's alias tools. Print whichever you can keep 200.
Email on apex?
MX is independent of which web host you brand, but people type hello@apex. Keep MX correct either way.
HSTS?
Empty cell if we have not documented it as a SKU. HTTPS should still be on.
Free slug www?
Free is you.bizzit.io. This choice starts at the custom name on Pro.