404 errors from Google, weird numbers on end of URLs?

  • I started receiving these errors yesterday. I have the plugin “404 to Start” installed, which automatically redirects 404 errors to my homepage in case a search engine indexes the wrong thing (my site is still in infancy so I wanted to have this in case I move pages, etc).

    I have around 15 URL errors, all consisting of pretty much the same message –
    —————————–
    iOS App Lists
    https://iosapplists.com
    False URL: https://iosapplists.com/5-great-free-coloring-apps-for-kids/RK=0/RS=tGfMohPdfGPM9WCbbAeMCjTcTO4-
    Referer URL: https://iosapplists.com/
    User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:22.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/22.0
    Remote Host:
    Remote Addres: 62.113.213.183
    ———————–

    I have no idea what the “RS” and “RK” additions are to my URL… could it be a plugin that’s messing things up?

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  • MrOG

    (@mrgrownupgeek)

    I started seeing this on all of my websites a month or two ago.. Every source IP I’ve checked is a server so it appears that instead of real people it’s coming from some kind of automated scraper or spammer.. or something..
    I’m curious to know what’s causing it.

    Thread Starter iOSAppLists

    (@iosapplists)

    Edit – removed post… realized it’s not the same issue of adding strange numbers and letters to the end of URLS.

    Been seeing the same thing and it appears it’s from a spambot that is associated with automated spam registrations.

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