no-www Certification

I’ve not used www in my sites’ URLs for at least two years, as it’s a subdomain that isn’t needed, and is downright goofy to say, type, and use.  And don’t even get me started on what a retarded acronym it is.  World Wide Web?  Sure perhaps in the late 80’s early 90’s when a network administrator wanted to make it clear that their servers ran a web server in addition to FTP or other services, but now?  ggg: Goofy goofy goofy.  I think I prefer the Chinese direct translation: Ten-thousand Dimensional Net.

So when I stumbled across no-www.org today, I felt compelled to validate and register my site with them, and since accessing my site with www. still works, you just get redirected to my domain sans the goofiness, I am at a Class B compliance level, and is now reflected in my side bar.  If you want to join in and aren’t yet compliant, here’s the .htaccess I’ve been using.

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  2. # forcably remove www
  3. RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.derekderekderek\.com$
  4. RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://derekderekderek.com/$1 [L,R=Permanent]
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