Lost Page Rank after directing http:// to WWW?

[ilovebodykits]

Hi

I am trying to redirect all the non www urls to WWW. After I redirected them, most of my category page PR are dropped to 0.  Can someone please tell me if this is the normal after effect after the redirect?

Example url:  this is PR2 before the redirect

http://www.ilovebodykits.com/category/95/Body_Kits_Front_Bumpers.html

[smarties954]

How long ago did you set the redirections?

Depending on the site, it takes more or less time for google to discover your redirections and apply rank.

Also, you might consider using a rel canonical in your pages to enforce the www version.

Finally, you may use google webmaster tool to indicate that you only want the www version.

[ilovebodykits]

Hi Nathalie

I have just set up the redirect a few hours ago.

[smarties954]

Your pagerank has been assigned to the non www site, now that you change that using redirections, google needs to recrawl and reassign the pagerank to the www pages.

Now keep in mind that even if the pagerank in the google bar stays gray it does not mean that your site has been dropped, they only update the bar from time to time.

Wait a couple of days and search google for your pages, if you find them and it shows the new url, then you should be ok.

[ilovebodykits]

Thanks

I am crossing my toes and hope this will it will be fixed soon.