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Pagination vs. URL structure

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samverdyck
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Hi

Checking a project that's live for a month now on Google indexation and discovered that after my website also a page for "Next page" and "Previous page" is created. Ofcourse this doesn't make a lot of sense and isn't quite looking professional. 8-)

I used on my index.php the following code:
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<cms:if k_paginated_bottom >
                <cms:if k_paginate_link_prev >
                    <a class="pagination" href="<cms:show k_paginate_link_prev />"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-circle-arrow-left"></span> VORIGE PAGINA</a>
                </cms:if>
                <cms:if k_paginate_link_next >
                    <a class="pagination" href="<cms:show k_paginate_link_next />">VOLGENDE PAGINA <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-circle-arrow-right"></span></a>
                </cms:if>
            </cms:if>


That is working fine.
I see when you click on next or previous, the site is linking to /?pg=2.
I assume this is the reason that google sees this as a new indexable page.

Is there any way of changing the format of this url structure?
Or to prevent Google to index it?

Thanks!

Re: Pagination vs. URL structure

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KK
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Sam,

As Google suggests, you can place the following in the <HEAD> of pages that you don't want to get indexed
<meta name="robots" content="noindex, follow">

Since you are using the pagination code, I think it is safe to assume that it is in a list-view i.e you are listing a series of single pages in it - this can cause content duplication so some people make the entire list-view non-indexable.

However, if you want to make only the pages that follow the first page non-indexable, you can use this to target pages with links like /?pg=2 -
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<cms:if "<cms:gpc 'pg' method='get' />" >
   <meta name="robots" content="noindex, follow">
</cms:if>

Hope this helps.

Re: Pagination vs. URL structure

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samverdyck
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Thanks!
Added it to my index page.

Just to know: does this the same thing as if I would write a rule in the robots.txt file via webmaster tools?

Re: Pagination vs. URL structure

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KK
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the same thing as if I would write a rule in the robots.txt file via webmaster tools?
It would - in the sense that it would prevent a list page from being indexed. *But* it will also have a side-effect that, most likely, will be undesirable - since Google bot will not touch the list page at all, it will also not follow the links to the pages listed within it. See the point?

Therefore, I think, using the META is a better option.
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