Not sure where this url has come from
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can anyone please let me know why this has happened on my site. I have just done a crawl test and it comes back with the following
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| http://howtodrinkless.com/web/20150709201150/http:/www.howtodrinkless.com/ | -
Hi in2townpublicrelations! Definitely let us know if you figure it out, ok?
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we had a seo guy do work for around four years, but he stripped everything he did. i am trying to find if there is a way to proove this.
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thank you for that. i will look at it now
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Hey there! I ran my own Crawl Test for howtodrinkless.com, and I think I can help you find where strange URLs like the one in your original question are coming from.
If you're looking at the CSV of your crawl test, you'll want to take a look at the referrer column. That's the page our tools were on when they found the link to the page in the first column - the malformed URL with www in it twice. If you go to the page in the Referrer column and view the source code, you should be able to search for the malformed link and find where in the code it is.
It might be handy to have a web developer sit down with you to tackle this project - they'll be best equipped to help you resolve any issues the Crawl Test found.
As always, feel free to write in to help@moz.com for more assistance!
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hi, i have two sites that i am concerned about, the first one is http://howtodrinkless.com/ and the url is www.georgiafoster.com
We had a seo person do work on both sites but then when we got rid of them due to not doing what they claim they were doing, they then stripped all the work they had done that we paid for. The site should have hundreds and hundreds of quality links but they were removed, so wondering what damage has been caused and if anything underhand is happening. basically, the sites were like brand new sites again as they undone all the work they did that we paid for
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Hi! Like Tawny said, without looking at the crawl report or knowing the URL you were crawling it can be hard to determine exactly where this URL came from.
If you want to share the URL info I would be more than happy to help you determine the root of the problem. This is definitely something you should look at thoroughly though in case your website has been hacked.
Thanks!
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Hey there!
Tawny from Moz's Help Team here. Without being able to take a look at the crawl report, it's tough to troubleshoot where this URL came from.That said, if you write in to help@moz.com and include all the details you can about what you're experiencing, we'll do everything we can to help sort things out!
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