I was checking how Google indexed posts the middle of long topic. I selected a random string here on meta and searched, Google found it and returned
this link with page=7 at the end. Clicking the link returns a blank page.
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The discussion is about how pages from Google search are not rendering on Discourse. pfaffman encountered a blank page when clicking on a Google search result link with a page=7 parameter. Falco explained that this is because the topic no longer has 7 pages due to post removals, and the post referenced in the link is now on a lower page number. pfaffman understood the explanation, but elijah suggested providing a more user-friendly error message when this occurs. Falco proposed implementing a solution similar to the one used when a post number is greater than the existing one. jomaxro pointed out that a related fix, @eviltrout’s double title fix, does not work in this case.
I believe that happened because we removed a lot of posts from this topics, so eventually google will found that the pages have changed.
Could be. But I just copied and pasted that text from an existing post moments ago so the post was there today.
Yeah, it is there but on a lower page number, since that topic doesn’t stretch to 7 pages anymore.
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I get it. Thanks, @Falco.
That explains why the page is blank, but can something be done about it?
“Hmmm, you’re apparently tried to go past the end of this topic. Did you want to start at the beginning, go to the last page, or search this topic?”
That would be great, maybe using the same logic we use when the post number is greater than the existing one, example: Pages from Google search are not rendering - #9
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Looks like @eviltrout’s double title fix doesn’t work for this case.
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