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1. dlager
   Member
   Jun 14, 2011, 7:31 PM

   Hi.

   When I click "health" on my drop down category widget the page that loads is:
   http://echopen.wordpress.com/?cat=337.

   When clicking "Health" on the navagator the proper page loads
   http://echopen.wordpress.com/category/health/

   How can I correct the "Health" category on my drop down menu?
   And how can make sure I don't have duplicate information on different pages?
   (I don't if categories are newly generated each time someone clicks on a link)

   Thanks,
   Dlager
   http://echopen.wordpress.com/

   The blog I need help with is echopen.wordpress.com.

2. dlager
   Member
   Jun 14, 2011, 10:10 PM

   Now that I get a chance to look I have duplicate pages for categories:

   http://echopen.wordpress.com/?cat=337
http://echopen.wordpress.com/category/meditation/

   http://echopen.wordpress.com/?cat=3379
http://echopen.wordpress.com/category/zen/

   http://echopen.wordpress.com/?cat=5004
http://echopen.wordpress.com/category/mental-health/

   http://echopen.wordpress.com/?cat=8668
http://echopen.wordpress.com/category/emotions/

   and I do get hits on named category pages that come from search engines.

   I shall use the contact page,

   but I am unsure if I have to anything with Webmaster tools.

3. dlager
   Member
   Jun 24, 2011, 1:52 AM

   After sending a support e-mail, the happiness engineer looked into it:

   "The URL ending in ?cat=## will only happen with parent categories when the [category] widget is set to a dropdown."

   And he said he let the developers know about the bug.

4. timethief
   Member
   Jun 24, 2011, 2:15 AM

   Bookmarking!

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