mtb167
09-19-2005, 02:03 PM
I am having a problem where I think I am being automatically penalized.
Recently I put a filter on my dynamic page URLs because Google wouldn't index them. So I have new prettier URLs. The problem is that Yahoo did index my old ugly dynamic URLs, and those URLs still work because technically they are the same pages as those with the new URLs. My problem is that because they are the exact same pages, and because Yahoo has indexed them both, it thinks that I have duplicate content. Hence the automatic penalization... or so goes my theory at least.
I have been told that I need to 301 the dynamic pages over to the new URLs, but that is impossible as the pages with the old URLs ARE the pages with the new URLs. So with exception ot my homepage none of my pages rank.
What can I do to make yahoo stop indexing the old URLs?
Would a purchased link in the Yahoo Directory help matters?
Your thoughts.
Recently I put a filter on my dynamic page URLs because Google wouldn't index them. So I have new prettier URLs. The problem is that Yahoo did index my old ugly dynamic URLs, and those URLs still work because technically they are the same pages as those with the new URLs. My problem is that because they are the exact same pages, and because Yahoo has indexed them both, it thinks that I have duplicate content. Hence the automatic penalization... or so goes my theory at least.
I have been told that I need to 301 the dynamic pages over to the new URLs, but that is impossible as the pages with the old URLs ARE the pages with the new URLs. So with exception ot my homepage none of my pages rank.
What can I do to make yahoo stop indexing the old URLs?
Would a purchased link in the Yahoo Directory help matters?
Your thoughts.