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domain.com/folder1/subfolder1/index.html
domain.com/folder2/subfolder2/index.html
but google got url like
domain.com/folder1/subfolder1/folder2/index.html
domain.com/folder1/subfolder1/folder2/subfolder2/index.html which is totally wrong and does not exist. and because everything is in mod rewrite, page open even after no page exist. i have only 50 pages in the site and google count reach till 147 pages indexed.
any help will be appreciated.
Although i have set a custom error page 404 pages but that does not work for these urls that works only on the file name not folder.
exp.
domain.com/folder1/subfolder1/folder2/ind11ex.html - error page
domain.com/folder1/subfolder1/folder2/su22bfolder2/index.html page opens.
Looking at this list, I'd say you have a bug in your mod_rewrite code... But you did not post the code.
Jim
correct
domain.com/folder1/index.html
domain.com/folder2/index.html
domain.com/folder3/index.html
wrong but page opens
domain.com/folderrr1/index.html
domain.com/folderrr2/index.html
domain.com/folderrr3/index.html
domain.com/folderrr1/folder123/index.html
domain.com/folderrr1/folder374/index.html
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^index.html$ index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^aboutus.html$ aboutus.php [L]
RewriteRule ^write-us.html$ write-us.php [L]
RewriteRule ^list-your-business.html$ list-your-business.php [L]
RewriteRule ^info.html$ info.php [L]
RewriteRule ^advertiser-center.html$ advertiser-center.php [L]
RewriteRule ^advertiser-login.html$ advertiser-login.php [L]
RewriteRule ^featured-listings.html$ featured-listings.php [L]
RewriteRule ^news.html$ news.php [L]
RewriteRule ^toc.html$ toc.php [L]
RewriteRule ^disclaimer.html$ disclaimer.php [L]
RewriteRule ^sitemap.html$ sitemap.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z-]+)/index.html$ categories.php?cat_name=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z-]+)/([a-z-]+)/index.html$ innercat1.php?cat_name=$1&innercat1_name=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z-]+)/([a-z-]+)/([a-z-]+)/index.html$ innercat2.php?cat_name=$1&innercat1_name=$2&innercat2_name=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z-]+)/([a-z-]+)/([a-z-]+)/([a-z-]+)/index.html$ finalcat.php?cat_name=$1&innercat1_name=$2&innercat2_name=$3&finalcat_name=$4 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z-]+)/([a-z-]+)/more([0-9]+)(.html)$ innercat1.php?cat_name=$1&innercat1_name=$2&start=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z-]+)/([a-z-]+)/([a-z-]+)/more([0-9]+)(.html)$ innercat2.php?cat_name=$1&innercat1_name=$2&innercat2_name=$3&start=$4 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z-]+)/([a-z-]+)/([a-z-]+)/([a-z-]+)/more([0-9]+)(.html)$ finalcat.php?cat_name=$1&innercat1_name=$2&innercat2_name=$3&finalcat_name=$4&start=$5 [L]
domain.com/folderrr1/index.html
Does it actually contain the number "1"?
If not, then this rule will be applied:
RewriteRule ^([a-z-]+)/index.html$ categories.php?cat_name=$1 [L]
and the request will be rewritten to categories.php, with cat_name=folderrr1
The same is true for the other 'wrong' URLs as well.
If all 'wrong' URLs are rewritten to your script, then your script must decide if the cat_name is valid, and if not, then the script must return a 410-Gone or 404-Not Found response.
Jim
and if i try to open this url domain.com/real-estate(any character)/index.html it gets open instead of returning an 404 error. and critical problem is that this open is loading the main page of the website with all the category inside this real estate foler
domain.com/real-estate-junk-text/computers/index.html
domain.com/real-estate-junk-text/internet/index.html
domain.com/real-estate-junk-text/education/index.html
wud be helpful if you can guide.
Therefore, I would suggest modifying your scripts to fully-validate the parameters passed to them by the URL rewrites and return correct error responses if the catgories, innercategories, finalcategories, etc. are not valid (that is, they are not found in the database).
Jim
