{"id":823,"date":"2019-06-20T10:56:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T10:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suvaance.com\/microblog\/?p=823"},"modified":"2019-06-20T10:58:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T10:58:14","slug":"google-dropped-preferred-domain-setting-from-search-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suvaance.com\/microblog\/google-dropped-preferred-domain-setting-from-search-console\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Dropped Preferred Domain Setting From Search Console"},"content":{"rendered":"

On June 18th<\/sup>, Google announced in its webmaster central blog<\/a> that they have removed the Preferred Domain<\/strong> setting from search console<\/strong>. And with this deprecation, Google will no longer use any existing Search Console preferred domain configuration.<\/p>\n

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So, now it\u2019s important for webmasters to ensure whether Google is considering the right URL format of their domains or not by checking the search results (Note:<\/strong> Webmasters can use site:example.com<\/strong> command).<\/p>\n

How Google will choose preferred domain now?<\/h2>\n

Now, when Google will find same content on multiple URLs like http:\/\/example.com\/ or https:\/\/www.example.com\/index.html then, it will pick one URL as the canonical for search. Also, webmasters can inform Google regarding their preferences in multiple ways which are discussed below. But, if webmasters don\u2019t have any preferences, then Google will itself choose the best option.<\/p>\n

How to set preferred domain without preferred domain setting?<\/h2>\n

Without this preferred domain setting, now webmasters have some options to inform Google regarding their preferences. The options are \u2013<\/p>\n