ARGH! Is this for real??? (Google issue)
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I have a document uploaded to a document sharing site. The permalink for the document is like this:
documentsite/accountname/document-name-801234
Google, however, has indexed two permalinks - the one above, plus one that doesn't exist, that looks like this:
documentsite/accountname/document-name
Here are the problems:
1. When you click on the second one, it takes you to a 'Document No Longer Exists' message from the document site, without redirecting you to the real document.
2. Google indexed the bogus link three pages HIGHER than the actual link.
3. I added a bunch of backlinks to the real permalink URL, but all that did was raise the BOGUS URL to the front page! It now sits at the No. 2 position for it's intended keywords. Meanwhile, the real document sits on page 5 still.
I'm stymied here, especially over No. 3.
documentsite/accountname/document-name-801234
Google, however, has indexed two permalinks - the one above, plus one that doesn't exist, that looks like this:
documentsite/accountname/document-name
Here are the problems:
1. When you click on the second one, it takes you to a 'Document No Longer Exists' message from the document site, without redirecting you to the real document.
2. Google indexed the bogus link three pages HIGHER than the actual link.
3. I added a bunch of backlinks to the real permalink URL, but all that did was raise the BOGUS URL to the front page! It now sits at the No. 2 position for it's intended keywords. Meanwhile, the real document sits on page 5 still.
I'm stymied here, especially over No. 3.
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