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---- Spam words in a query string - do these backlinks hurt rankings?

levo - 4:49 pm on May 10, 2010 (gmt 0)


I'm using


### DROP KNOWN BAD Qs
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^from.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^ref.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^q=$
RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://www.example.com/$1? [R=301,L]

### DROP ALL Qs Except Select Folders/Files
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/search$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/widgets/search.html$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/stats.*$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/__utm.gif$
RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://www.example.com/$1? [R=301,L]

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