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  • WebbyNabler
    WebbyNabler last edited by Mar 5, 2013, 11:43 PM

    Google somehow has indexed a page of mine without the .html extension.  so they indexed  www.samplepage.com/page, so I am showing duplicate content because Google also see's  www.samplepage.com/page.html   How can I force google or bing or whoever to only index and see the page including the .html extension?  I know people are saying not to use the file extension on pages, but I want to, so please anybody...HELP!!!

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    • WebbyNabler
      WebbyNabler @Mike.Goracke last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 8:12 PM Mar 6, 2013, 8:12 PM

      Yeah I looked further into the URL removal, but I guess technically I did not meet the criteria....and honestly I am fearful other potential implications of removal....I guess I will just have to wait for the 301 to ick in.  I just cant believe there is not a simple .htaccess code to cause all URL's to show the .html extension.  I mean it is a simple thing to implement the reverse and have the extension dropped...I mean....good lord...

      Thanks for all your help though Mike, I truly appreciate the efforts!

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      • Mike.Goracke
        Mike.Goracke @WebbyNabler last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 7:56 PM Mar 6, 2013, 7:56 PM

        LAME! You may just want to let the 301 redirect you have in place take its course or remove the URL from Google's index since it was added by mistake anyway.

        Mike

        WebbyNabler 1 Reply Last reply Mar 6, 2013, 8:12 PM Reply Quote 0
        • WebbyNabler
          WebbyNabler @TakeshiYoung last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 7:49 PM Mar 6, 2013, 7:49 PM

          Nope. .....good lord....

          Mike.Goracke 1 Reply Last reply Mar 6, 2013, 7:56 PM Reply Quote 0
          • WebbyNabler
            WebbyNabler @Mike.Goracke last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 7:49 PM Mar 6, 2013, 7:49 PM

            Nope. 😞

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            • Mike.Goracke
              Mike.Goracke @TakeshiYoung last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 7:36 PM Mar 6, 2013, 7:36 PM

              If that does not work, give this a whirl:

              RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{3,4}

              RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$

              RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html

              WebbyNabler 1 Reply Last reply Mar 6, 2013, 7:49 PM Reply Quote 0
              • TakeshiYoung
                TakeshiYoung @WebbyNabler last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 7:29 PM Mar 6, 2013, 7:29 PM

                Try:

                RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
                RewriteRule ^([^.]*[^./])$ /$1.html [R=301,L]

                Mike.Goracke WebbyNabler 2 Replies Last reply Mar 6, 2013, 7:49 PM Reply Quote 0
                • WebbyNabler
                  WebbyNabler @TakeshiYoung last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 7:26 PM Mar 6, 2013, 7:26 PM

                  That caused the same "500 Internal Server Error" .......   😞

                  TakeshiYoung 1 Reply Last reply Mar 6, 2013, 7:29 PM Reply Quote 0
                  • TakeshiYoung
                    TakeshiYoung @WebbyNabler last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 7:20 PM Mar 6, 2013, 7:20 PM

                    Try my code without all the other redirects, and see if it works. If it does, then add back the other redirects one by one until everything works.

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                    • WebbyNabler
                      WebbyNabler @Mike.Goracke last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 7:18 PM Mar 6, 2013, 7:18 PM

                      Oh, and my site auditor is seeing it as a directory with a file in it???  Ugghhh....

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                      • WebbyNabler
                        WebbyNabler @Mike.Goracke last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 7:17 PM Mar 6, 2013, 7:17 PM

                        Nope.  Didn't work.  I am seriously about to lose my mind with this....

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                        • Mike.Goracke
                          Mike.Goracke @WebbyNabler last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 7:10 PM Mar 6, 2013, 7:10 PM

                          Maybe give this a whirl:

                          If URL does not contain a period or end with a slash

                          RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.|/$)

                          append .html to requested URL

                          RewriteRule (.*) /$1.html [L]

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                          • WebbyNabler
                            WebbyNabler @TakeshiYoung last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 5:04 PM Mar 6, 2013, 5:02 PM

                            I get a server error when I do this?  Sooo confused...  Here is the htaccess changes I made.  FYI...I have removed the code you told me to put in there temporarily so the site's not down.  I attached the server error screenshot too...

                            Options +FollowSymlinks
                            RewriteEngine On

                            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ! .html$
                            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ! /$
                            RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html

                            RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^hanneganconstructionllc.com [NC]
                            RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://hanneganremodeling.com/$1 [L,R=301]

                            RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.hanneganconstructionllc.com [NC]
                            RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://hanneganremodeling.com/$1 [L,R=301]

                            RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^hremodeling.com [NC]
                            RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://hanneganremodeling.com/$1 [L,R=301]

                            RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.hremodeling.com [NC]
                            RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://hanneganremodeling.com/$1 [L,R=301]

                            RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index.html\ HTTP/
                            RewriteRule ^index.html$ http://www.hanneganremodeling.com/ [R=301,L]

                            RewriteBase /
                            RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^hanneganremodeling.com$ [NC]
                            RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.hanneganremodeling.com/$1 [R=301,L]

                            m9Kq8yJ

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                            • TakeshiYoung
                              TakeshiYoung @WebbyNabler last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 4:46 PM Mar 6, 2013, 4:46 PM

                              You repeat this code a few times, maybe that's the problem? Pretty sure you only need it once:

                              RewriteEngine On
                              Options +FollowSymlinks
                              RewriteBase /

                              The line:

                              RewriteEngine On

                              Also only needs to be included once in an htaccess file. You may want to remove all the other instances.

                              Try adding this code at the very top, after the first "RewriteEngine On":

                              RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ! .html$
                              RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ! /$
                              RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html

                              WebbyNabler 1 Reply Last reply Mar 6, 2013, 5:02 PM Reply Quote 0
                              • WebbyNabler
                                WebbyNabler @Mike.Goracke last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 3:29 PM Mar 6, 2013, 3:29 PM

                                Thanks Mike, you are awesome!  I actually was thinking to do that, but I was concerned that it might have some larger implications?

                                I also just resubmitted a sitemap so hopefully that "might" speed up the crawl process...

                                Thanks again!

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                                • Mike.Goracke
                                  Mike.Goracke @WebbyNabler last edited by Aug 9, 2013, 6:35 PM Mar 6, 2013, 3:06 PM

                                  "I accidentally manually submitted the url to google and manually in submitted it to index and that when this issue began...."

                                  It sounds like you accidently added this URL to the index. You can follow the procedure outlined below to request Google remove the specific URL from the index:

                                  https://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=59819

                                  I checked your site's structure using Screaming Frog and it does not appear that you are linking to any non-.html versions. If I perform a scan using one of your non-.html pages, it appears that it only links to itself.

                                  Since you have the 301 redirect in place, you can choose to wait it out and Google should correct things eventually; otherwise, requesting Google remove the URL is a faster... PERMANENT process.

                                  Good luck.

                                  Mike

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                                  • WebbyNabler
                                    WebbyNabler @NakulGoyal last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 1:58 PM Mar 6, 2013, 1:58 PM

                                    No it's not a wordpress, it was created with Dreamweaver.  I didn't make sample and sample.html same page, but google is treating it that way....  I have implemented the 301, so I guess I just have to wait for a crawl

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                                    • WebbyNabler
                                      WebbyNabler @TakeshiYoung last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 1:54 PM Mar 6, 2013, 1:54 PM

                                      Thank you very for your input!  When I implement into my .htacces what you suggested I get a "Internet 500 Server Error" ?   Maybe it would help if I list what I currently have in my .htaccess  I had to redirect some old domains and did canonical redirects and default non .index....I hope this help, I am at my wit's end...  I also attached a screenshot of the webmaster warning... THANKS!!!

                                      Options +FollowSymlinks
                                      RewriteEngine On

                                      RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^hanneganconstructionllc.com [NC]
                                      RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://hanneganremodeling.com/$1 [L,R=301]

                                      RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.hanneganconstructionllc.com [NC]
                                      RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://hanneganremodeling.com/$1 [L,R=301]

                                      RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^hremodeling.com [NC]
                                      RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://hanneganremodeling.com/$1 [L,R=301]

                                      RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.hremodeling.com [NC]
                                      RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://hanneganremodeling.com/$1 [L,R=301]

                                      RewriteEngine on
                                      RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index.html\ HTTP/
                                      RewriteRule ^index.html$ http://www.hanneganremodeling.com/ [R=301,L]

                                      RewriteEngine On
                                      Options +FollowSymlinks
                                      RewriteBase /
                                      RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^hanneganremodeling.com$ [NC]
                                      RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.hanneganremodeling.com/$1 [R=301,L]

                                      Options +FollowSymLinks
                                      RewriteEngine On
                                      RewriteBase /

                                      u1YvXLR

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                                      • NakulGoyal
                                        NakulGoyal @WebbyNabler last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 3:20 AM Mar 6, 2013, 3:20 AM

                                        Is this a wordpress based site ? What CMS are you using ? How were you able to get domain.com/sample and domain.com/sample.html be the same page ? Either way, canonical tag is the correct solution in this case. There's no need for a 301 and if you do 301 redirects, you are not really fixing the issue caused by your CMS System.

                                        I would therefore strongly advise to use the canonical tag. That's the intended use of that tag.

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                                        • TakeshiYoung
                                          TakeshiYoung @WebbyNabler last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 1:18 AM Mar 6, 2013, 1:17 AM

                                          A canonical tag won't physically redirect you when you visit the page, it just lets the search engines know which is the right page to index.

                                          If you want to actually redirect using .htaccess, try using this code

                                          RewriteEngine On

                                          RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ! .html$

                                          RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ! /$

                                          RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html

                                          WebbyNabler 1 Reply Last reply Mar 6, 2013, 1:54 PM Reply Quote 0
                                          • WebbyNabler
                                            WebbyNabler @TakeshiYoung last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 1:12 AM Mar 6, 2013, 1:12 AM

                                            I tried the canonical and when I enter the url without the .html, it doesn't resolve to the url with the .html extension.  I tried an .htaccess reirect...I am stumped, I can't get it to redirect automatically the the .html  I accidentally manually submitted the url to google and manually in submitted it to index and that when this issue began....

                                            TakeshiYoung NakulGoyal 2 Replies Last reply Mar 6, 2013, 3:20 AM Reply Quote 0
                                            • TakeshiYoung
                                              TakeshiYoung last edited by Mar 6, 2013, 12:21 AM Mar 6, 2013, 12:21 AM

                                              Add a canonical tag to your header so that Google/Bing knows which version of your page they should be indexing.

                                              You can also try looking into where the link to the non-html page is coming from. If it's an internal link, just change it so that Google doesn't continue to crawl it.

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