Google Thinks Directory is directory

Discussion in 'Google' started by Atomm, Mar 27, 2009.

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    I have a really strange problem. I am using wordpress with BANS. WP is the root and BANS is in a sub-directory.

    The root category for bans uses an uppercase character for the directory. If you go to the same URL with a lowercase character, BANS will actually display a blank store page with things like "Your Title Here" in the title bar and no products. Yes, this is a really poor way of handling a 404 IMHO.

    Here is an example of what the URL should be:

    www.domain.com/Store/product-name/

    Here is what Google thinks it is:

    www.domain.com/store/product-name/

    If I put www.domain.com/Store/product-name/ in Google search, it will actually show me the result of www.domain.com/store/product-name/ with the lowercase letter.

    I've tried to do a 301 redirect from store to Store, but this is breaking BANS. I blocked store/ in my robots.txt and allowed Store/, but Google still shows store/ in it's index. I have a webmaster account and I've made sure the url in the sitemap is Store/.

    I am out of ideas. Does anyone have any idea on how I can clear store/ and get Google to recognize Store/ without having to do a 301?

    Thanks!
     
    Atomm, Mar 27, 2009 IP