netmeg
msg:4484079 | 4:12 pm on Aug 12, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Do you get the same results without the www?
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backdraft7
msg:4484080 | 4:21 pm on Aug 12, 2012 (gmt 0) |
The non www gives slightly different results but still intermixed with mostly other sites who are reviewing my site (an epidemic number of those these days).
I do the canonical redirect in my htaccess file, so if you type domain.com, you automatically get the preferred www.domain.com
As I recall doing the site: www.domain.com should return only my site pages. Just wondering if this intermixing is cause for concern or just something else broken with Google.
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levo
msg:4484082 | 4:49 pm on Aug 12, 2012 (gmt 0) |
You should use 'site:example.com' instead of 'site: example.com' (no space)
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backdraft7
msg:4484086 | 4:59 pm on Aug 12, 2012 (gmt 0) |
@levo - geeze louise - that's all it was! thanks!
Now, as long as we're on silly little technicalities....
From a G search engine standpoint, is it better to reference /subdirectory/ or /subdirectory/index.html ?
I suspect an issue in my sitemap where G might think there is duplicate content.
Or, does it not matter at all?
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g1smd
msg:4484087 | 5:20 pm on Aug 12, 2012 (gmt 0) |
You'll need these two searches:
site:example.com -inurl:www
site:www.example.com
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netmeg
msg:4484096 | 6:28 pm on Aug 12, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I almost always go /subdirectory/
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lucy24
msg:4484134 | 10:54 pm on Aug 12, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Files named directory/index.html shouldn't exist at all; they should redirect to directory/ alone. (By the usual yawn-provoking coincidence I have just this instant said in another thread that this is typically your second-to-last generic redirect, before the www. one.) If you are anxious, include a Condition for {THE_REQUEST} so mod_dir can't send you around in circles.
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Isn't that what the "preferred form" setting in GWT is for-- not to mention your own redirect? I just tried it on my own site and when I added the -inurl:www part, hits dropped to zero. This is what I wanted to see.
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g1smd
msg:4484317 | 3:33 pm on Aug 13, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| Files named directory/index.html shouldn't exist at all |
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The FILE should exist on the server hardrive, but the URL used to access it should not include the filename.
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lucy24
msg:4484350 | 4:31 pm on Aug 13, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Oops, yes, that's what I meant :( Not the file, just the name.
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