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The main reason to use www is because you can't CNAME a apex domain, but you can on a subdomain. Sometimes this matters - and other times it doesn't. For my day
by meesterdude 10y ago
The main reason to use www is because you can't CNAME a apex domain, but you can on a subdomain. Sometimes this matters - and other times it doesn't. For my day job at an internet hosting company, we use www for our clients so we can CNAME their locations.
- NetStrikeForce 10y agoI came here to say exactly this. One of the main use cases to need a CNAME is if you use a Global Traffic Manager (DNS-based failover?).