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Garrett Fisher 341 posts 496 karma points

Jul 16, 2013 @ 18:03

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SEO: Removing *.aspx Files from Google Search Results

Hi,

I am using directory URLs and my sitemap.xml is clean, but *.aspx files are still showing up in search results. Anybody have any idea how to remove these native file-extension URLs?

Thanks,

Garrett

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Jamie Pollock 174 posts 853 karma points c-trib

Jul 16, 2013 @ 18:35
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Hi Garrett,
I may be misunderstanding the question here. But, wouldn't adding the following line to robots.txt solve the issue?
```
User-agent: * Disallow: *.aspx
```
Jamie
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Amir Khan 1287 posts 2744 karma points

Jul 16, 2013 @ 19:02

You should put a 301 redirect on the .aspx files to their non .aspx counterparts by adding this to UrlRewriting.config, this will help you preserve any page rank that was associated with the .aspx pages:

<!-- 301 Directory URLS -->   
               <add name="301RedirectDirUrls"
           redirectMode="Permanent"
          redirect="Application"
            ignoreCase="true" 
            rewriteUrlParameter="IncludeQueryStringForRewrite"
            virtualUrl="^\/(?!(umbraco\/|data\/|install\/|usercontrols\/|umbraco_client\/))(.*)\.aspx"
            destinationUrl="$1/$2" />

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Garrett Fisher 341 posts 496 karma points

Jul 17, 2013 @ 17:26

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That markup is a miracle. THANK YOU Amir!

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Amir Khan 1287 posts 2744 karma points

Jul 18, 2013 @ 21:59

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Glad I could help, that's definitely been a part of my Umbraco boilerplate for a while now :)

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