Some URL problems

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Has anyone ever got these problems?

10:53 pm on Jul 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

Hey Guys,

My stats package (statcounter - an on page tracking code) says ive been getting a few hits a day going to:

http://%20www.example.com

* Why is this?
* Can I solve it so they redirect to the correct pages?

In search engines SERPS say:

%20www.example.com

10:57 pm on Jul 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

do you have a link with a space in the start of the url?

http:// www.blabla

%20 is how a browser or bot will render a space in a url.

Mack.

3:29 pm on Jul 20, 2006 (gmt 0)

Mack,

I can't find it and also I ran some online bad link checkers and that turned up nothing - Does anyone else have any ideas?

12:46 pm on Jul 23, 2006 (gmt 0)

bump.

3:01 pm on Jul 23, 2006 (gmt 0)

If Statcounter shows that users are clicking (http://%20www.example.com), it could mean a few things:

1) Another website has posted an invalid URL to your site, and users are trying to click it. Mack is right: the %20 is a space symbol.

2) A page on your site has the invalid URL (http://%20www.example.com) and users are clicking on it (from within your site)

Check the "Visitor Path" statistic in StatCounter. That should tell you where the visitor who clicked the URL came from.