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BobS
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My site remains over-indexed with 48,500 links currently in Google's index. This, of course, dilutes page rank over several URLs. This number goes down, then up, then down, so maybe this is just a Google issue with being consistent about not indexing the non-canonical links.

I use URL monikers and the new short-style URLs. I am curious if the following parameters are excluded when using this setup. Here is a sampling of parameters:

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view   30,770   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
only_search_meta   2,236   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
content   2,234   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
all_defaults   2,234   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
date   1,891   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
day   1,889   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
max   1,664   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_9   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_8   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_7   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_5   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_4   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_3   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_2   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_12   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_11   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_10   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_1   1,528   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset

Are the above parameters excluded so that URLs including them are sent to Google as non-canonical?

Thanks for any insight.

Bob
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'view' determines view mode of calendar (day/week/month/year) so is important.

'only_search_meta' / 'content' / 'all_defaults' are related to search and we'll mark them non-canonical.

'date'/'day' relate to recurrences of calendar events. We'll mark them non-canonical for events that don't have "segregate recurrences" enabled.

'max' should be non-canonical. I found a few places in the code where it wasn't marked as such.

'int_*' is already marked as non-canonical.


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BobS said

My site remains over-indexed with 48,500 links currently in Google's index. This, of course, dilutes page rank over several URLs. This number goes down, then up, then down, so maybe this is just a Google issue with being consistent about not indexing the non-canonical links.

I use URL monikers and the new short-style URLs. I am curious if the following parameters are excluded when using this setup. Here is a sampling of parameters:

Code

view   30,770   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
only_search_meta   2,236   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
content   2,234   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
all_defaults   2,234   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
date   1,891   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
day   1,889   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
max   1,664   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_9   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_8   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_7   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_5   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_4   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_3   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_2   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_12   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_11   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_10   1,529   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset
int_1   1,528   -   -   Let Googlebot decide   Edit / Reset

Are the above parameters excluded so that URLs including them are sent to Google as non-canonical?

Thanks for any insight.

Bob



This issue has been filed on the tracker as issue #607, with a fix.


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Dang, you're quick, Chris. Thanks for looking into this.

It seems a good portion of this is just Google being Google. I'm not sure how big a stick you need to hit them with before they realize that your "suggestions" are in fact correct and then index accordingly.

Bob
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Chris-

I meant to attach the full table of parameters but I forgot to attach the file. Below are the additional parameters, some of which look like they should be marked non-canonical:

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Parameter   URLs monitored
page   1359
type   1299
utheme   1171
zone   1171
search_catalogue_entries   1119
wide_high   1072
back   1065
wide_print   900
order   576
id   464
search_images   398
start   289
rand   276
search_under   261
search_news   221
search_galleries   218
for_session   207
search_catalogue_categories   192
search_calendar   188
from   167
title   157
days   133
search_comcode_page   131
search_comcode_pages   131
search_gallery   131
catalogue   128
probe_id   127
probe_type   127
keep_has_js   120
thumb   106
no_count   105

Sorry for missing this the first time.

Bob
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'order' and 'back' were notable. The rest are either already non-canonical, should always be there, or were made non-canonical in my post above.


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Thanks again, Chris. Sorry I forgot to include the full list the first time.

Bob
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