URL ending with ?cpc=1

[sembseo]

Hi,

In the analytics data (SEO - Landing Sites) on a site I just started working with - 2 different url's show up (when I filter the results):

/example**.asp**

/example**.asp?cpc=1**

The first recieves 2/3 of the visits (among these 2 pages) and the other recieves 1/3 of the visits (among these 2 pages).

The second (/example.asp?cpc=1) is apparently getting the clicks from Adwords, since it isn't indexed by Google..

Can someone explain me:

1)  why the cms is producing this kind of double landing page?

2. is it possible to avoid it in any way? (it is not the only example on site - so it makes analyzing data more difficult).

Thanks

Christian

[sembseo]

Hi Irving that's a good solution - I agree.

But shouldn't these kind of urls be created manually?

Also - what exactly does ?cpc=1 mean?

[sembseo]

It's a customed made site built in .net/asp

Yes I could use it in Adwords, but I have checked and the URL is not "made" in Adwords. It's the CMS (or the coders behind) that is creating this extra url.

But I still can't figure out why?

(I will of course ask them - but I won't be able to the next couple of weeks)

[irvingw]

yup. that's most likely it.

canonical the page it itself (without the parameter string of course) and go into google webmaster tools parameter handling to deal with the parameter

[SanketPatel]

Hi Christian,

May I know which CMS are you using ? Can't you use the same URL in adword as well ?

I think the adwords guy might be using it for tracking conversions. I am doing the same things to to track sales from my paid campaigns.