Wordpress URL weirdness - why is google registering non-pretty URLS?
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I've noticed in my stats that google is indexing some non-pretty URLs from my wordpress-based blog.
For instance, this URL is appearing google search:http://www.admissionsquest.com/onboardingschools/index.php?p=439
It should be:
Last week I added the plugin Redirection in order to consolidate categories & tags. Any chance that this has something to do with it? Recs on how to solve this?
Fyi - I've been using pretty URLS with wordpress from the very beginning and this is the first time that I've seen this issue. Thanks in advance for your help!
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An additional thought. In addition to the plugin Redirection, last week I also added platinum seo pack. Any chance either is causing the issue?
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Thanks, I checked the file and this is what we have:
Begin WordpressRewriteBase /onboardingschools/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !=POSTRewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !.=.RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !^.(comment_author_|wordpress|wp-postpass_).$RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzipRewriteCond %{HTTP_user_agent} !^.(2.0\ MMP|240x320|AvantGo|BlackBerry|Blazer|Cellphone|Danger|DoCoMo|Elaine/3.0|EudoraWeb|hiptop|IEMobile|iPhone|iPod|KYOCERA/WX310K|LG/U990|MIDP-2.0|MMEF20|MOT-V|NetFront|Newt|Nintendo\ Wii|Nitro|Nokia|Opera\ Mini|Palm|Playstation\ Portable|portalmmm|Proxinet|ProxiNet|SHARP-TQ-GX10|Small|SonyEricsson|Symbian\ OS|SymbianOS|TS21i-10|UP.Browser|UP.Link|Windows\ CE|WinWAP).RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/cache/supercache/%{HTTP_HOST}/$1/index.html.gz -fRewriteRule ^(.) /wp-content/cache/supercache/%{HTTP_HOST}/$1/index.html.gz [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !=POSTRewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !.=.RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !.attachment_id=.RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !^.(comment_author_|wordpress|wp-postpass_).$RewriteCond %{HTTP_user_agent} !^.(2.0\ MMP|240x320|AvantGo|BlackBerry|Blazer|Cellphone|Danger|DoCoMo|Elaine/3.0|EudoraWeb|hiptop|IEMobile|iPhone|iPod|KYOCERA/WX310K|LG/U990|MIDP-2.0|MMEF20|MOT-V|NetFront|Newt|Nintendo\ Wii|Nitro|Nokia|Opera\ Mini|Palm|Playstation\ Portable|portalmmm|Proxinet|ProxiNet|SHARP-TQ-GX10|Small|SonyEricsson|Symbian\ OS|SymbianOS|TS21i-10|UP.Browser|UP.Link|Windows\ CE|WinWAP).RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/cache/supercache/%{HTTP_HOST}/$1/index.html -fRewriteRule ^(.) /wp-content/cache/supercache/%{HTTP_HOST}/$1/index.html [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-fRewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-dRewriteRule . index.php [L]END WordPress .
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You appear to have a duplicate content issue on your hands. If you visit both URLs, they both resolve to a unique resource. Not sure why your site is creating duplicate URLs, but do you have this directive included in your .htacess?
# BEGIN WordPress <ifmodule mod_rewrite.c="">RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L]</ifmodule> # END WordPress
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