Problem Description
When Plesk sets up your DNS records it allows for both www and non-www requests like www.websavershosting.ca and websavershosting.ca, but you'll notice that in your browser's address bar it will always remains as what you've typed in. This can split your rankings on google between the two 'different' sites even though the content is identical.Problem Resolution
To fix this we need to ensure all non-www requests are redirected to www with a 301 redirect. This way no matter which of the above options someone types in their address bar, it will always send you to www.yourdomain.com. To set this up, create a file called .htaccess (don't forget the dot before the text!) in your website root folder (normally httpdocs) and place the following within:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]