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[Josh]

On 11 May 2012 18:51, Jeremy Cox <jcox at clickcom.com> wrote:

>
> Jeremy Cox
> Web Developer
> www.clickcom.com
> jcox at 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 <christine at 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
> >>
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