On 11 May 2012 18:51, Jeremy Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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 > _______________________________________________ wp-testers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers
