how can i stop google doing this ! asap

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waynep16 Reply #11, 19 years, 5 months ago

Thanks for taking the time to post, the robots file was updated yesterday so we will see, i tried making google delete it but its an unrecognised url from within there webmasters tools system.

I know what you mean about passing variables and i will have to work on making just that specific one not run.

But im sure we tried it to no success sad

Unless you are familiar with a different htaccess rule we can try?

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opengeek Reply #12, 19 years, 5 months ago

Here’s the simplest solution, which I just tested...

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^ref= [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^referrer= 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1? [R=301,L]

You’ll need to add that before the MODx RewriteCond’s and RewriteRule. Obviously, you could extend that to deal with any troublesome query strings...

The secret is the ? at the end of the RewriteRule’s substitution string.

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waynep16 Reply #13, 19 years, 5 months ago

Quote from: OpenGeek at May 22, 2007, 02:24 PM

Here’s the simplest solution, which I just tested...

You’ll need to add that before the MODx RewriteCond’s and RewriteRule. Obviously, you could extend that to deal with any troublesome query strings...

The secret is the ? at the end of the RewriteRule’s substitution string.

What do you know, works a charm. Much appreciated and much love from across the pond .

Modx all the way

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