URL contain special character

[JohnHuynh]

Hello,

I am using URLs which contain special character such as ', ". I found in the Google Webmaster Tool report errors related URL contain ' character. Google have indexed partial URL from beginning to ' character and cut off the rest of URL. For example: I submitted URL www.example.com/vietnam-visa-corp'-test-page.html, then google report error NOT FOUND for URL www.example.com/vietnam-visa-corp

I don't know why and how to fix it? Please help!

Thanks,

[BlueprintMarketing]

Use the chart below to figure out which character to replace the current character

Character Escape Code
Ampersand & &
Single Quote ' '
Double Quote " "
Greater Than > >
Less Than < <

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35653?hl=en

http://www.w3schools.com/html/

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-urls-containing-special-character

http://meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/520/links-urls-containing-special-characters-are-not-recognized-by-markdown

I hope I have been of help,

Thomas

[Everett]

You may want to consider rewriting those URLs. The character escape codes shared by Thomas above may meet your needs, but I'd rewrite URLs like that. Assuming you are on a Linux server (as opposed to Windows, which would require  ISAPI ) you'll do this by editing the htaccess file. I'd advise getting a developer to consult with you on this, as rewriting URls often involves writing regular expressions that can be easy to goof up.

Here's a good Moz article on the topic: http://moz.com/blog/down-and-dirty-write-your-own-url-rewrite

And here's another great introductory resource: http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/11/02/introduction-to-url-rewriting/

If you want to try doing it yourself feel free to post your website, with the example URLs, so other members can help you with the rewrite code. I strongly suggest working with a developer on this though.

[BlueprintMarketing]

I completely agree you should have a developer do the work for you. I can make some recommendations Web dev studios is fantastic and so is happy cog that are both on the expensive side however they deliver fantastic work. Another great developer that is not as expensive would be Greg http://www.gregreindel.com/

I hope this helps sincerely,

Thomas

[JohnHuynh]

Thank you so much !

Both advice are helpful. I agree with both of you, I googled and found some a useful article http://www.isoc.org/inet95/proceedings/PAPER/016/html/paper.html#S4

and then I'd prefer to remove the special character from my URLs. I will ask a developer to do this.

Thanks again!

[BlueprintMarketing]

I am extremely happy I could be of help.

Sincerely,

Thomas