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SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
Hi,
In the global configuration, I have an SEO-friendly URL and URL rewriting, and no suffix. I have a multi-lingual website so, / is English and I also have /de and /nl.
If I look at the Google Analytics stats it shows me /index.php and / as a result pages. Both are the root folder of the English language.
How can I get rite of this /index.php? Should I redirect this in htaccess?
In the global configuration, I have an SEO-friendly URL and URL rewriting, and no suffix. I have a multi-lingual website so, / is English and I also have /de and /nl.
If I look at the Google Analytics stats it shows me /index.php and / as a result pages. Both are the root folder of the English language.
How can I get rite of this /index.php? Should I redirect this in htaccess?
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Re: SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
Hi,
is it already solved?
You have renamed htacces.txt to .htaccess?
And outside of Google, when you go to your site, the index.php isn't there?
Groeten Ron
is it already solved?
You have renamed htacces.txt to .htaccess?
And outside of Google, when you go to your site, the index.php isn't there?
Groeten Ron
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Re: SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
Hi Ron, no not solved. Yes, I have renamed htaccess, and yes normally the index.php is not showing. It is only listed in Google Analytics.
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Re: SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
Try to do 301 from all index.php pages to the main one.
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Re: SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
I will try
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Re: SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
Hello, I'm intrested by your proposal to redirect "/index.php" request to "/". Can you detail the correct RewriteRule to add to .htaccess file.gulshan212 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 13, 2023 8:57 am Hello this is Gulshan Negi
Well, there are several ways to do this. However, you can also use a 301 redirect in your .htaccess file to redirect visitors who request the "/index.php" URL to the root directory "/".
Hope it can help you.
Thanks
I already find a good line to add it. I'm just not confortable with the syntax yet....
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Re: SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
Does the RewriteRule work?
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Re: SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
That rewrite rule is already in Joomla's .htaccess
I use https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/osmap/ and submit the site map to google https://developers.google.com/search
No index.php is listed in google for my website
I use https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/osmap/ and submit the site map to google https://developers.google.com/search
No index.php is listed in google for my website
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Re: SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
Yes, you can use a redirect in your .htaccess file to remove the /index.php from your URLs. Here's an example of the code you can add to your .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s(.*)/index\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]
This code will redirect any requests for the /index.php page to the root directory of your website. This should fix the issue of the /index.php appearing in your Google Analytics stats.
Additionally, make sure that your website's internal links are also updated to point to the new URLs without the /index.php. This will ensure that visitors and search engines are directed to the correct pages.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s(.*)/index\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]
This code will redirect any requests for the /index.php page to the root directory of your website. This should fix the issue of the /index.php appearing in your Google Analytics stats.
Additionally, make sure that your website's internal links are also updated to point to the new URLs without the /index.php. This will ensure that visitors and search engines are directed to the correct pages.
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Re: SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
Thanks Buddy, I need it tooDavidsmith89 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:51 pm Yes, you can use a redirect in your .htaccess file to remove the /index.php from your URLs. Here's an example of the code you can add to your .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s(.*)/index\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]
This code will redirect any requests for the /index.php page to the root directory of your website. This should fix the issue of the /index.php appearing in your Google Analytics stats.
Additionally, make sure that your website's internal links are also updated to point to the new URLs without the /index.php. This will ensure that visitors and search engines are directed to the correct pages.
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Re: SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
I did it. Are these according to Google's new algorithms?
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Re: SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
not it's GA4, maybe problem is resolved.
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Re: SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
Who knows Google's new algorithms?
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Re: SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
Ugh, dealing with that /index.php issue in URLs is such a headache, right? I ran into the exact same problem a while back. My solution? I fiddled with the .htaccess file, setting up a redirect to change /index.php to just /. It cleaned up the URLs beautifully and really helped with making the site more SEO-friendly.
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Re: SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
Joomla's htaccess already does thatsulla2018 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:50 am Ugh, dealing with that /index.php issue in URLs is such a headache, right? I ran into the exact same problem a while back. My solution? I fiddled with the .htaccess file, setting up a redirect to change /index.php to just /. It cleaned up the URLs beautifully and really helped with making the site more SEO-friendly.
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Re: SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
Hi,Webdongle wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:51 pmJoomla's htaccess already does thatsulla2018 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:50 am Ugh, dealing with that /index.php issue in URLs is such a headache, right? I ran into the exact same problem a while back. My solution? I fiddled with the .htaccess file, setting up a redirect to change /index.php to just /. It cleaned up the URLs beautifully and really helped with making the site more SEO-friendly.
I don't see this in htaccess file. We are using J4. I have added this to htaccess to solve this Google Analytics /index.php thing.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s(.*)/index\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]
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Re: SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
Hi. No it does not. You can check by adding /index.php to a link (default Joomla htaccess in use). No redirection will happen.
And in fact, this behavior by default is justified. For example, if you make 301 redirect from index.php to something you can break a site on board of which there is an online store component.
The best, non destructive solution for such problems is to use canonical URLs and the site map. To do this there are various extensions for SEO in JED
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Re: SEO and Google Analytics and index.php
Perhaps I misread the question? Does the op want to remove /index.php from the url? I thought that was already done by selecting 'Search Engine Friendly URLs' and ' Use URL Rewriting'?
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