urls gone wrong

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I have just had an email from my client who received one from their SEO company asking “Why are there numbers at the end of the urls of their site”.

The page in question for example is http://www.newyoubootcamp.com/about-us.html
But they are saying that the url now reads as: www.newyoubootcamp.com/about-us.html?1217497122454

Has anyone come across this before as it is messing up the pay-per-click campaign.

Any help or advice would be gratefully received.

Nathan Garner
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One the face of it, It looks like an incorrectly configured GET variable.

Which in PHP would normally be configured by: http://www.mydomain/page.php?variable_name=value

Clicking on the last URL produces an error, or is that an edited 404 error page?

From what page, is creating the link:
http://www.newyoubootcamp.com/aboutus.html?1217497122454

David

On 22 Aug 2008, at 11:08, Nathan Garner wrote:

I have just had an email from my client who received one from their SEO company asking “Why are there numbers at the end of the urls of their site”.

The page in question for example is http://www.newyoubootcamp.com/about-us.html
But they are saying that the url now reads as: www.newyoubootcamp.com/about-us.html?1217497122454

Has anyone come across this before as it is messing up the pay-per-click campaign.

Any help or advice would be gratefully received.

David Owen
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Hi David

I can’t see it using FF, but my client does - they’re using IE7 on Vista PC.I have a screen shot they sent me.

http://www.newyoubootcamp.com/about-us.html?1217497122454
http://www.newyoubootcamp.com/newyoubootcamp-bridal.html?1219398571093

Nathan Garner
Partner

Austin Wells Design Consultants
1 Elmgate Drive, Littledown, Bournemouth BH7 7EF
+44 (0)1202 301271
email@hidden
http://www.awdc-creative.com

Member of NAPP

On 22 Aug 2008, at 16:31, David Owen wrote:

One the face of it, It looks like an incorrectly configured GET variable.

Which in PHP would normally be configured by: http://www.mydomain/page.php?variable_name=value

Clicking on the last URL produces an error, or is that an edited 404 error page?

From what page, is creating the link:
http://www.newyoubootcamp.com/aboutus.html?1217497122454

David

On 22 Aug 2008, at 11:08, Nathan Garner wrote:

I have just had an email from my client who received one from their SEO company asking “Why are there numbers at the end of the urls of their site”.

The page in question for example is http://www.newyoubootcamp.com/about-us.html
But they are saying that the url now reads as: www.newyoubootcamp.com/about-us.html?1217497122454

Has anyone come across this before as it is messing up the pay-per-click campaign.

Any help or advice would be gratefully received.

David Owen
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Hi Nathan,
You have the Cache Buster action applied to the page. Remove it,
republish, upload and you should be back in action.
Regards,
Tim.

On 22 Aug 2008, at 09:00, Nathan Garner wrote:

I can’t see it using FF, but my client does - they’re using IE7 on
Vista PC.
I have a screen shot they sent me.

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