A very urgent question to ask about different variation of URL

[souravamant]

Hi

I have a very urgent question for all..

My website URL - is website.com/about.html

but with the URL - website.com/ABOUT.html is also working and opening the above page or we can say it getting redirected to the actual URL.

Where this issue be....a programming error or a server side issue....

BTW - I am using a Window server...

Sourav

[LifeinAsia]

It's not an error, it's a Windows issue- the OS is case insensitive. In other words, on Windows machines, about.html is the same file as About.html is the same file as ABOUT.HTML is the same file as AbOuT.HtMl is the same file as ...

However, to most search engines, those are all completely different pages.

[souravamant]

Yes,

I agree that. After posting here I was also reading an article on the same....

But yes for SE's its a different urls,

Do you recommend this to get it corrected so as to stay away from duplicate content issues...

Sourav

[pageoneresults]

Do you recommend this to get it corrected so as to stay away from duplicate content issues.?

Its unfortunate that us Windows folks have some things working against us out of the box. :(

Yes, it is recommended that you address this issue along with a host of other Windows specific issues when it comes to URI architecture.

In this case, you'll need ISAPI_Rewrite (Windows equivalent to mod_rewrite).

It really pains me that these are issues that MUST BE addressed for one's own peace of mind. From a competitive sabotage viewpoint, us Windows folks are ripe for the picking for any miscreant who has the motivation to wreak havoc on our site(s). And this occurs right out of the box. I'd be willing to bet that at least 90% of Windows Server Admins have no clue what is happening with case sensitive issues, none whatsoever. And neither do the clients. :(

[souravamant]

I think you are absolutely right...as I was seeing this issue in Microsoft site as well.

You rock man!

Sourav