"?g2_jsWarning=true" duplicate content problems in google search engine

osv

Joined: 2007-09-19
Posts: 26
Posted: Wed, 2007-11-07 03:39

all of my gallery pages have a "?g2_jsWarning=true" added to the end of the url in the google search engine.

in other words, the pages appear both with and without "?g2_jsWarning=true", so it's a big duplicate content penalty.

here are the search results highlighting the problem: http://www.google.com/search?q=site:dragracingtv.com&hl=en&start=100&sa=N

could anyone please tell me if they have seen this before?

thanks

dan

Gallery version = 2.2.3 core 1.2.0.5
PHP version = 5.2.3 isapi
Webserver = Microsoft-IIS/6.0
Database = mysqlt 5.0.37-community-nt, lock.system=database
Toolkits = LinkItemToolkit, Thumbnail, Gd
Acceleration = none, none
Operating system = Windows NT 5.2 build 3790
Default theme = carbon
Browser = Firefox
 
valiant

Joined: 2003-01-04
Posts: 32509
Posted: Thu, 2007-11-08 00:43

only the floatrix and carbon theme have this URL parameter.
i see how this could be a problem.

please file a bug.
for an immediate fix, either edit your theme templates removing this parameter or you can switch to another theme.

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osv

Joined: 2007-09-19
Posts: 26
Posted: Thu, 2007-11-08 03:03

thanks valiant, i filed the bugfix, but i don't know how to vote on it.

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1828041&group_id=7130&atid=107130

the problem now is that the dupe pages with "?g2_jsWarning=true" at the end of the url appear to be in the g2 database, so google has refused to delete them from its search engine, using the webmaster tools.

i tried to change themes and rebuild the g2 databases, delete the g2 cache, etc., but the pages won't go away, i can still bring 'em up in the browser.

how do i remove these dupe pages from the database?