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Exluding Dynamic Section of the site
Exluding Dynamic Section of the site
- I am running a search here
http://api.search.live.net/xml.aspx?Appid=<AppID>&query=cher%20-EventsDetail.do(site%3Aparislasvegas.com)&sources=web
I am running a query on parislasvegas.com, and trying to exclude all addresses with "EventsDetail.do" as part of the URL string.
As you can see, when I run the query, results with "EventsDetail.do" are still included. This is the first link that shows up in the results.
Also, I am trying to hide pages that contain "MakeReservations.do" in the URL string. I try to do this by running the search as
http://api.search.live.net/xml.aspx?Appid=<AppID>&query=cher%20-MakeReservation.do(site%3Aparislasvegas.com)&sources=web
Same deal. The second link that shows up in the results is http://www.parislasvegas.com/MakeReservation.do?propCode=CLV&packageCode=ICC2M , so the filter is not working.
The plot thickens when I strip out all results with "propCode" in the URL string. If I run the search as http://api.search.live.net/xml.aspx?Appid=<AppId>&query=cher%20-propCode(site%3Aparislasvegas.com)&sources=web , the results are properly filtered. What is going on here?
Answers
- If you never want these pages to be returned, why are you letting them in the index at all? You can exclude them through the Robots.txt file on your site.
If they are not in the index, they are not in the results by definition
HTH
--Alessandro- Marked As Answer byAlessCMSFT, OwnerTuesday, May 12, 2009 5:37 PM
- MrRong,
I noticed the website is not using a robots.txt. Contact me at lswmc@microsoft.com with your domain name in the subject line and I will work through this with you.
Thanks,
Brett
Program Manager, Live Search Webmaster Tools- Marked As Answer byBrett Yount Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:28 AM
All Replies
- If you never want these pages to be returned, why are you letting them in the index at all? You can exclude them through the Robots.txt file on your site.
If they are not in the index, they are not in the results by definition
HTH
--Alessandro- Marked As Answer byAlessCMSFT, OwnerTuesday, May 12, 2009 5:37 PM
- MrRong,
I noticed the website is not using a robots.txt. Contact me at lswmc@microsoft.com with your domain name in the subject line and I will work through this with you.
Thanks,
Brett
Program Manager, Live Search Webmaster Tools- Marked As Answer byBrett Yount Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:28 AM
