Re: URI Management and bad links showing up in Google
I've seen some really weird things happen in Google. For example if a URL structure is "Possible" it can show up in your index. Like a url that is a combination of a short and long URL, http://www.domain.com/product/Catego...duct_Code=CODE. It doesn't matter if the urls actually exist, just that they're possible and return a status 200. Then once you fix your .htaccess rewrites and redirects to prevent them they could all show up as 404's if you don't do it right.
In this situation I would make sure that /product/&mvt:product:code;.html properly redirects to /&mvt:product:code;.html. It shouldn't return a 404. It should be a 301 redirect.
Sorry if I'm jibber jabbering or reiterating something that was already mentioned...
Ron
I've seen some really weird things happen in Google. For example if a URL structure is "Possible" it can show up in your index. Like a url that is a combination of a short and long URL, http://www.domain.com/product/Catego...duct_Code=CODE. It doesn't matter if the urls actually exist, just that they're possible and return a status 200. Then once you fix your .htaccess rewrites and redirects to prevent them they could all show up as 404's if you don't do it right.
In this situation I would make sure that /product/&mvt:product:code;.html properly redirects to /&mvt:product:code;.html. It shouldn't return a 404. It should be a 301 redirect.
Sorry if I'm jibber jabbering or reiterating something that was already mentioned...
Ron
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