Solved [K5.0.RC5] Bug: Wrong HTTP Response Code

These kind of pages should return a 404 Not Found instead of 200 OK:
www.kunena.org/forum/k5-0-bugs?dfgs==dfg++amh+ssd

Do you tested this?
What do you think?

for me it showed the category list, so ok for me.

810 wrote: for me it showed the category list

Exactly, it shouldn't
?dfgs==dfg++amh+ssd is not a real page, it should return a 404 or should be redirected to parent category.

This is causing duplicated content+url+title+description
Google is indexing all versions:
www.kunena.org/forum/k5-0-bugs
www.kunena.org/forum/k5-0-bugs?dfgs==dfg++amh+ssd
www.kunena.org/forum/k5-0-bugs?sdfgkhsdkgh8889sas
www.kunena.org/forum/k5-0-bugs?llwloweoew
www.kunena.org/forum/k5-0-bugs?dfgahhasUKH
Etc.

there are not links to it, so google isn't indexing it, as you see the links has nofollow.

810 wrote: there are not links to it, so google isn't indexing it, as you see the links has nofollow.

Spambots are causing the problem.

Quote from google:
In the rare cases in which Google perceives that duplicate content may be shown with intent to manipulate our rankings and deceive our users, we'll also make appropriate adjustments in the indexing and ranking of the sites involved. As a result, the ranking of the site may suffer, or the site might be removed entirely from the Google index, in which case it will no longer appear in search results.
support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66359?hl=en

How do you explain this?
www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awebpage.gq&start=40&rct=j

this is why you need to install a sef component. Do you see it gets kunena stats as description? but kunena isn't loaded there at all, so who knows how he is getting that info, not by the page description itself.

810 wrote: Do you see it gets kunena stats as description? but kunena isn't loaded there at all, so who knows how he is getting that info, not by the page description itself.

When the meta description is too short or not useful, google will generate a description based on other information in your website, in this case, stats.

810 wrote: this is why you need to install a sef component.

Got it. The solution is to install another component.

Please mark this topic as solved and move to the archive folder.