Jeremy Cox Web Developer www.clickcom.com [email protected]
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 <[email protected]> > 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 >> [email protected] >> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers > _______________________________________________ > wp-testers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers _______________________________________________ wp-testers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers
