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URLs appear in Google Webmaster Tools that I can't find on my own site?!?
No problem, glad it resolved the problem. There are a number of possibilities, probably through one of the following; XML sitemap Faceted navigation Magento pinged Google when the page was created
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Magento Faceted Navigation Extension
Hello Darrell, A combination of http://amasty.com/improved-navigation.html and some robots.txt disallow statements should handle this. Although they aren't doing it, we'll use Zumiez as an example since they have layered navigation on a Magento site. If you want to allow one level of facets deep, but block additional levels here is what you would put in the robots.txt file: disallow: /accessories/watches.html?=&* That "should" allow this URL to be indexed: http://www.zumiez.com/accessories/watches.html?brand=g-shock While blocking this one and all others beyond the first facet: http://www.zumiez.com/accessories/watches.html?watch-band=plastic&brand=g-shock&d=4294966838,4294964051 Using wildcards in the robots.txt file can be tricky though, so you may also want to look into this solution: http://www.mageworx.com/seo-suite-ultimate-magento-extension.html . It has a feature that allows you to adjust the robots meta tag (i.e. follow,nofollow,index,noindex) by parameter. Good luck!
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | Everett1