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What does "?alpha_filter_id=***" mean in the URL?

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16 Feb 2008, 12:19 PM
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What does "?alpha_filter_id=***" mean in the URL?

I found more than 20 duplicate content in the Google Index with the URL "?alpha_filter_id=81".
Anyone tell me what does this mean in the URL?

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16 Feb 2008, 4:09 PM
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Re: What does "?alpha_filter_id=***" mean in the URL?

It is an alphabetic filter on the displayed products in the Product Listing ...

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17 Feb 2008, 6:29 AM
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Re: What does "?alpha_filter_id=***" mean in the URL?

Ajeh:

It is an alphabetic filter on the displayed products in the Product Listing ...

Thanks for your kind reply. However, I can't get it. Could you please explain what does "alphabetic filter" mean? Why does Google consider it as many pages?
Thanks very much!

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17 Feb 2008, 12:20 PM
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Re: What does "?alpha_filter_id=***" mean in the URL?

Ajeh:

It is an alphabetic filter on the displayed products in the Product Listing ...
I see. Anyone can tell me how to stop it?
Thanks very much!

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2 Oct 2008, 11:01 AM
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Re: What does "?alpha_filter_id=***" mean in the URL?

one way to do this is with the use of wildcards in robots.txt ....

rainmist:

I see. Anyone can tell me how to stop it?
Thanks very much!

2 Oct 2008, 11:20 AM
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Re: What does "?alpha_filter_id=***" mean in the URL?

try this..

Disallow: /alpha_filter_id