phranque
msg:4472957 | 7:52 pm on Jul 5, 2012 (gmt 0) |
you need to fix those with a 301 redirect.
if those are truly disk directories on an apache server, the mod_dir module should fix this for you.
if these are "virtual directory" url paths generated by your CMS then your CMS should handle the redirect.
the other piece of that fix should include internally linking to only canonical urls (ii.e. trailing slashes for directory paths)
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lucy24
msg:4472963 | 8:13 pm on Jul 5, 2012 (gmt 0) |
You may already have one too many Rewrites (not redirects).
The "real" location may be
/vista-320-litre-box-roof-carrier-fits-audi-r8/index.html
or it may be
/vista-320-litre-box-roof-carrier-fits-audi-r8.html
or it may be
/complicatedstuff.php?long-ugly-query-here
But you can be absolutely sure that no more than one of your two names is the "real" location. So if they are both getting indexed, you or your CMS may be rewriting something that shouldn't be rewritten. Search engines know when they've been redirected but they don't know when they've been rewritten.
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jon22
msg:4472966 | 8:18 pm on Jul 5, 2012 (gmt 0) |
ok thanks I'll check the htaccess file.
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jon22
msg:4472969 | 8:22 pm on Jul 5, 2012 (gmt 0) |
does my htaccess file look ok?
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_gzip.c>
mod_gzip_on Yes
mod_gzip_dechunk Yes
mod_gzip_item_include file \.(html?|txt|css|js|php|pl|jpg|png|gif)$
mod_gzip_item_include handler ^cgi-script$
mod_gzip_item_include mime ^text/.*
mod_gzip_item_include mime ^application/x-javascript.*
mod_gzip_item_exclude mime ^image/.*
mod_gzip_item_exclude rspheader ^Content-Encoding:.*gzip.*
</IfModule>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^install/?$ install/index.php [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^freshadmin/?$ freshadmin/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^i/?$ library/phpThumb/index.php$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^img/(.+).jpg$ image.php?n=productimage&var1=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^recommends/(.+)?$ linkfowarder.php?linkname=$1 [QSA,L]
#RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1 -f
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^min/
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^install/
#RewriteRule ^(.+\.(css|js))$ min/index.php?f=$1 [L,NE]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?q=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.org\.uk$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.org\.uk$
RewriteRule ^car\-roof\-bars$ "http\:\/\/www\.example\.org\.uk\/roof\-bars" [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.org\.uk$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.org\.uk$
RewriteRule ^car\-roof\-boxes$ "http\:\/\/www\.example\.org\.uk\/roof\-boxes" [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L] [edited by: jon22 at 9:18 pm (utc) on Jul 5, 2012]
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phranque
msg:4472985 | 9:08 pm on Jul 5, 2012 (gmt 0) |
there are several problems in your .htaccess file.
you should post your question in the Apache forum on WebmasterWorld.
make sure to read the pinned post in that forum about exemplifying your code.
i.e. using example.com for your domain
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phranque
msg:4473218 | 10:02 am on Jul 6, 2012 (gmt 0) |
continued .htaccess discussion [webmasterworld.com]
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