I want to add a custom 404 to all my URLs following a relevant pattern using .htaccess file

Asked May 23 '23 at 11:48

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Hello,

Google is currently indexing query string URLs of my website. Google has currently indexed almost 112k URLs that all of are duplicate versions of other URLs causing my website to slow down and negatively affecting my SEO.

The structure of the query strings URL is as follows: https://example.com?te=6.18.1346158.4.18.76.huffy+blue+and+white+bike

I contacted the search community earlier and they suggested me to add 404 status to the URLs with this pattern in my .htacces file.

What code should I add in my .htaccess file to block these URLs from google.

asked May 23 '23 at 11:48

mehtab fatima

If you only want to restrict search engines, IMO a [robots.txt approach](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9149782/ignore-urls-in-robot-txt-with-specific-parameters) would make more sense. – Gerald Schneider May 23 '23 at 12:07
Are you using WordPress or PHP alone? – Arrow Root May 23 '23 at 13:58
I am using WordPress, Also I want to remove Google and robots.txt approach is used for crawling not indexing. – mehtab fatima May 24 '23 at 13:06

I want to add a custom 404 to all my URLs following a relevant pattern using .htaccess file

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