Random String added at the end of URL

[Mudassir]

Dear all,

I have an application developed in asp.net 4.0 in which rewriting of URLs is done using XML file and Global.asax.

It was running fine but for the last few days. I am facing a problem that a random string is added at the end of url like:

The original url is:
http://modelspk.com/sara-loren-model55

But when the page is loaded the url becomes like this:
http://modelspk.com/sara-loren-model55#.Uacf5qJHJU0

I googled a lot but could not find any solution.
any help will be greatly appreciated.

Regards:
Mudassir

[Oralloy]

Mudassir,

I don't know why the fragment identifiers (e.g. "#.Uacf5qJHJU0")are being added to your URLs. They didn't block me from loading the page, because (most) browsers use them to jump to specific anchor tags, and when the tag does not exist, they do nothing.

Otherwise, I have no idea why your code isn't working. You will have to post a copy for us to look at.

Cheers,
Oralloy

[Mudassir]

Oralloy,
actually i was integrating the social media plugin on the page which was adding the fragment tag at the end of url.. but from SEO's point of view it does not make any difference.. anyhow by changing the script of the social media plugin the problem is resolved..
if someone else want to know in depth about this can visit
http://support.addthis.com/customer/...s#.Uao5f9g0qhp
Thanx for the reply..
Regards:
Mudassir

[Oralloy]

Mudassir,

Will you please show us a synopsis of the fix you made, so that other folks who visit bytes with similar problems can understand how to proceed? Basically what file and a before and after of what changed.

Thanks,
Oralloy

[Mudassir]

Oralloy,
yea sure..
the code i uses previously was

<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " style="margin-top: 10px;">
                                <a style="width: 300px;" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" <%="fb:like:layout"%>="standard">
                                </a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a>                                 
                                <a class="addthis_button_pinterest_pinit">
                                </a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a>
                            </div>
                            <script type="text/javascript">                                var addthis_config = { "data_track_addressbar": true };</script>
                            <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-51a43a3f07447a61"></script>
 

and now i am using the following code for the social media plugin...actually i changed the whole script..

<div id="fb-root">
                                        </div>
                                        <script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"></script>
                                        <fb:like font="verdana" show_faces="false" width="100" layout="button_count" send="false"
                                            href="http://<%=Request.Url.Host.ToString()%><%=Request.RawUrl.ToString()%>">
</fb:like>
                                    </td>
                                    <td width="20%">
                                        <a class="twitter-share-button" href="http://twitter.com/share" data-count="horizontal">
                                            Tweet</a>
                                        <script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
                                    </td>
                                    <td width="20%">
<div class="g-plusone" data-size="medium"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
    (function () {
        var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true;
        po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js';
        var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s);
    })();
 
 
 

AND FOR linked in, twitter and share button add the following codes respectively

<script src="http://platform.linkedin.com/in.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
                                        <script type="IN/Share" data-counter="right"></script>
 
<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style ">
                                            <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a>
                                        </div>
                                        <script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#pubid=modelspk"></script>
 

Regards:
Mudassir

[Frinavale]

The only time I've ever used a "#" in my HTML is when I want to link to a particular part of a page (as opposed to link to another document).

You can read about it on w3schools here: HTML Links.

So, while it may appear to be a "#" followed by some random characters...the random characters are actually an ID of an element on the page.

-Frinny

[Mudassir]

Frinavale,
you are right the # tag refers to particular section on the document . like we can link the # tag to the reviews section on the same page. and this # tag was being appended to url because of the script i used for integrating the social media plugin..

Mudassir

[Frinavale]

As long as it doesn't break anything or hurt your search engine ranks, I'd just ignore it.

-Frinny

[Mudassir]

Frinavale,
it doesn't effect the search engine optimization.. for reference you can see
http://support.addthis.com/customer/...s#.Ua7Bbtg0qhq

Mudassir