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[lister]

Is this a rougue bit of javascript?

I have this often - mysite.com/my-page/#

So I have an index file in a directory and then after the trailing slash it leaves a #

I am sure this might have an issue with SEO - ie seeing this as two different URL's or am i wrong

[lister]

OK - it's a javascript issue that is causing the URL to append a pound sign i.e. this # symbol

The javascript in question is just a simple email capture form - for the user to submit their email and then they are taken to a thank you page for having signed up.

Am i just being paranoid? Does having a # sign at the end of a URL make 2 URL's for the same page in the eyes of a SE does it?

so are these different pages?

page-one.html#

page-one.html

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Worth noting that I typed the URL with the appended # at the end of the URL into a different browser and the page loaded just fine....

Maybe my apache hosting ignores the # symbol?

Edited by lister, 29 October 2012 - 07:23 PM.

[chrishirst]

only browsers handle document fragment markers, search engines and server side code ignores them.

[lister]

Thanks for that -

In fact it was some javascript which appended the #

Good to know that it has no impact