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My main page www.example.com is dropped from google index and replaced by page like www.example.com/?ref=blabla.com.
Any suggestion how to help google to see where the right page?
Thanks
[edited by: tedster at 4:14 pm (utc) on Feb. 13, 2008]
[edit reason] use example.com - it can never be owned [/edit]
Do you own the page?
Do they have permission to use your content?
Did you know the page existed?
Do you own the page?
Do they have permission to use your content?
Did you know the page existed?
The advice you need depends on why it is 'wrong' and in what way it is 'wrong'.
Help us to help you!
So the issue here is that Google has indexed a version of the Home Page url that includes a query string, rather than the simple domain root with no query string.
Best guess is that somewhere on the web there is a backlink to your Home Page that includes that query string. So the idea is to preserve the value of the backlink. You can place a 301 redirect that sends the original url with the query string to the url that does not include the query string. The exact technical details will depend on what server you are using.
Assuming it's an Apache server - see this thread: "fantom-pages" bug in Google? [webmasterworld.com]. If you're on a Windows IIS server, things may be more complex, depending on your hosting and level of access.
[edited by: tedster at 4:56 pm (utc) on Feb. 13, 2008]
