[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19011: Support forum topics with Cyrillic titles cannot be found via Google

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#19011: Support forum topics with Cyrillic titles cannot be found via Google
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov      |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)        |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |  Milestone:  WordPress.org
Component:  WordPress.org site  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal              |   Keywords:
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 None of the topics with Cyrillic titles on ru.forums.wordpress.org can be
 found via Google. Topics with Latin slugs are indexed properly. Same for
 the other forums in Cyrillic (bg.forums.wordpress.org and
 sr.forums.wordpress.org).

 This wasn't a big issue three years ago when there were just a few posts,
 but now that more and more questions are asked and answered each day, it's
 hard for users to find previous topics and solutions.

 [http://lists.automattic.com/pipermail/wp-forums/2011-February/006773.html
 According to Otto], there's no `robots.txt` or anything else blocking
 Google from indexing them.

 This is probably a Google bug, but I've tried to ask on their Help forum,
 and no one replied.

 My guess is this has to do with 4th-level domains currently used for
 localized support forums. In this case, wouldn't it be possible to switch
 from `ru.forums.wordpress.org` to `ru.wordpress.org/support/`, similarly
 to English support forums?

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