Support » Fixing WordPress » Duplicate Urls in Webmaster tools – UTF-8 issue?

  • Google Webmaster tools is showing approx 200 urls (out of 1200+) with duplicate Meta Descriptions. This is because 2 urls are each resovling for the same post. One with UTF-8 characters and the “correct” url with UTF-8 char converted.

    Example
    Link

    /unemployment-extension-2010-no-tier-5-america-forgets-the-99%E2%80%99ers/2332/
    /unemployment-extension-2010-no-tier-5-america-forgets-the-99’ers/2332/

    Now the 1st url is how it appears in the wp-posts => post_name field

    but for whatever unknown reason (to me) UTF-8 is not being “translated” in some instance to the 2nd url version.

    It affects any post_name urls that includes any of the following UTF-8 characters.

    %e2%80%99	 = '
    %e2%80%98	 = "
    %e2%80%93	 = -
    %e2%80%9d	 = ”
    %e2%80%9c	 = “

    The same is also happening for approx 130 Titles also, though the Titles in the wp-posts => post_title field don’t use UTF-8, just the literal e.g. Link
    Illegal Immigration Law Update: “National Day of Action”

    Any help or insight on this issue would be appreciated.

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