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Like, it’s indexing: allycreative.net/profile/erich-quist/work/work/contact/ and allycreative.net/blog/entry/work/profile/services/work/, for example.

I use {site_index} to link. How can I fix this? I’ve looked through the HTML so many times… I don’t see a cause.

jonnyquist,

What version and build of EE are you using?
Are you using any add-ons?

Do you have a link to your site?

Can you explain what’s strange about eh indexed URLs not being familiar with the structure of your site?

Hello.

Sure, a link is http://allycreative.net.

It’s strange because none of my pages should go past three segments. I don’t have a “work” page under “profile/erich-quist/”, for instance. I don’t know how these pages are being generated.

Thanks!

There are browsers that when you visit a page, Google indexes where you’ve been. It appears that even if you view the bogus entry, the right content is there. You can always let Google know about the bogus links. Does that help?

Hm, I’ve never been to these urls before I saw them on Google. They should result with a 404. That’s what I would like.

I’ve requested Google take down these links, but that takes forever and I want to know why and how I can prevent this from happening at all. The right content doesn’t always display. Take http://www.allycreative.net/work/detail/work/, for instance. It makes me look bad.

Any other ideas?

Take your site for example, http://eehowto.com/howto/categories/archives/archives works, but why? It shouldn’t. Doesn’t this annoy anyone but me?

And http://expressionengine.com/community/blah/blah... Ah!

I have strict URLS enabled.

I guess I could do a bunch of {redirect=“404”}‘s if there are more segments than there should be, but is there an easier way? some kind of built in functionality?

bump.

Oh, and I’m sorry. I’m using EE2.1.0 Build 20100810.

I have some addons. Uh, NSM Morphine Theme, BN Edit Menu and that’s it.

jonnyquist,

First off an upgrade is recommended.

but is there an easier way? some kind of built in functionality?

Take a look at the require_entry= parameter for single entry pages.

The Strict URL option applies to the first segment only. If you wish to have a redirect for segments after this you will need to apply the following logic to your templates

{if segment_2 != ''}
  {redirect="404"}
{/if}

A Google site map and making use of your robot.txt file will also help

I have a Google sitemap and a good robot.txt file in place, of course.

I’ll take a look at the require_entry parameter, thank you.

Very good. Please keep us in the loop.