Jeremy, try clicking on the link at the bottom of EVERY email: http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers
You can unsubscribe there, instead of spamming everyone :) ---- Mika A Epstein (aka Ipstenu) http://ipstenu.org | http://halfelf.org On 11 May 2012, at 12:59:02PM, Josh wrote: > On 11 May 2012 18:51, Jeremy Cox <j...@clickcom.com> wrote: > >> >> Jeremy Cox >> Web Developer >> www.clickcom.com >> j...@clickcom.com >> >> >> >> On May 11, 2012, at 1:31 PM, Otto wrote: >> >>> The word "page_name" is not a valid URL piece to begin with, and >>> neither is "id". Essentially, neither of these words is looked at by >>> WordPress, so it thinks you're asking for the main page. >>> >>> Notice how /?pagename=foo or /?p=1234567890 will both give you a >>> proper 404 (not a 401)? That's because those are the correct terms to >>> be using. >>> >>> -Otto >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Christine Evron <christ...@tstone.biz> >> wrote: >>>> Using v. 3.4-beta4-20766 >>>> twenty 11 theme >>>> no plugins >>>> >>>> WordPress is redirecting to my home page instead of issuing a page not >> found >>>> error when people looking to buy garbage (insert spam term here) are >> sent to >>>> pages Spammers wish were on my site . >>>> >>>> For instance try appending /?page_name=trash&id=1995 to any WordPress >> url. >>>> Instead of getting a page not found it goes to the home page. This is >> bad >>>> because Google's algorithm seems to associate the trash terms with my >> site >>>> if it doesn't get a 401 error. >>>> >>>> I could be wrong about Google's associations but the trash terms are >> not in >>>> my theme, content, or database and Google hasn't reduced the keyword >>>> standings for the trash terms. - On my best day I get 20,000 hits that >> may >>>> be legit. With the miracle of spam my pages can get 80,000 hits. Guess >> what >>>> Google thinks are significant terms for my site. >>>> >>>> Is this a bug or have I missed the beauty of something? >>>> Thanks, >>>> Christine >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> wp-testers mailing list >>>> wp-testers@lists.automattic.com >>>> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers >>> _______________________________________________ >>> wp-testers mailing list >>> wp-testers@lists.automattic.com >>> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers >> >> _______________________________________________ >> wp-testers mailing list >> wp-testers@lists.automattic.com >> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers >> > _______________________________________________ > wp-testers mailing list > wp-testers@lists.automattic.com > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers _______________________________________________ wp-testers mailing list wp-testers@lists.automattic.com http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers