Hello, I noticed that google is indexing more than one link of a single thread of my vBulletin Forum.I am giving you an example below : 1. showthread.php?t=X&goto=newpost 2. showthread.php?t=X 3. showthread.php?p=X Where X is the post ID ! Now i want google not to index the two urls (1 and 2) Please tell me all the ways through which i can do this including robots.txt, meta, mods or anything..
I dont think that is the correct URL layout. Here are some real examples from my forum: forum/showthread.php?t=3851 forum/showpost.php?p=7082 One is the thread and one is the individual post. You might be able to use robots.txt to disallow showpost.* User-agent: * Disallow: /forum/showpost* Or something like that.
Kev thanks for your reply... I think you didn't understood about my problem.Let me give you an example then, My forum is at zopat.com 1. http://www.zopat.com/showthread.php?p=18 2. http://www.zopat.com/showthread.php?t=18 3. http://www.zopat.com/showthread.php?t=18&goto=newpost These 3 links will go to a single thread of my forum.. The 3rd link is automatically redirected to 2nd link but google only indexes the 3rd link Like search "zopat goto=newpost" on google to see example. Today i added a plugin for url canonical..i think this will do the work. But i also want a mod which can prevent my forum to open in frames...see thread here