i have discovered a problem on as site ive just buitl in 8 languages.
The site is built with the languages in root nodes, and the correct domains are assigned to the site folders.
Example:
Dansih version is www.mysite.dk
Swedish version is www.mysite.se
The problem is i can access pages across the language versions.
Example:
i have a page on the dansih site called "dansihpage.aspx"
And a page on the swedish site called "swedishpage.aspx"
The problem is i can type in www.mydanishpage.dk/swedishpage.aspx
I then get the swedish page and menu, but dansih dictionary items...
How do i correct this?
Its pretty critical, as google has begun indexing pages across domains/language versions, which in the end will resutl in 8 tims the pages, maybe more, and duplicate content
I think you should find why/where google find "bad" links (maybe sitemap). Google index only pages which is linked from another pages, if there isn't this links google can't index it.
Thanks Petr, but thats not really a real solution, as i can-t control whether other sources link to the "bad pages". And if one page from "the wrong side" is indexed, the rest is wide open.
What bugs me, is that the page shouldnt exist on the domain associated with the folde. So in my logic it should give a "page not found". Instead it looks in the other language folders, and finds the page, ignoring the domain...
problem with language versions
i have discovered a problem on as site ive just buitl in 8 languages.
The site is built with the languages in root nodes, and the correct domains are assigned to the site folders.
Example:
Dansih version is www.mysite.dk
Swedish version is www.mysite.se
The problem is i can access pages across the language versions.
Example:
i have a page on the dansih site called "dansihpage.aspx"
And a page on the swedish site called "swedishpage.aspx"
The problem is i can type in www.mydanishpage.dk/swedishpage.aspx
I then get the swedish page and menu, but dansih dictionary items...
How do i correct this?
Its pretty critical, as google has begun indexing pages across domains/language versions, which in the end will resutl in 8 tims the pages, maybe more, and duplicate content
Hi,
I think you should find why/where google find "bad" links (maybe sitemap). Google index only pages which is linked from another pages, if there isn't this links google can't index it.
Petr
Thanks Petr, but thats not really a real solution, as i can-t control whether other sources link to the "bad pages". And if one page from "the wrong side" is indexed, the rest is wide open.
What bugs me, is that the page shouldnt exist on the domain associated with the folde. So in my logic it should give a "page not found". Instead it looks in the other language folders, and finds the page, ignoring the domain...
You should enable to config option <useDomainPrefixes>true</useDomainPrefixes>
in the umbracosettings.conf file.
With this option you can only access pages with the id www.site.dk/1235.aspx but no longer www.site.dk/swedischhomepage.aspx
Coll that did the trick, Thanks a lot
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