: Google Webmaster crawler showing internal links I cannot find I've got the crawler showing links that appear to be double URL encoded links. Specifically links that are %2520 instead of %20 or

@Alves908

Google Webmaster Tools is often very behind. Some metrics are two days behind, and other data can be weeks behind. If these encoded URLs no longer exist, let it 404 and do not worry about it. If they do continue to resolve, you may want to break these links somehow and let nature take it's course. BTW- double encoding is common when a URL is read that contains URL encoding. If your original links do not have encoding, then it was nothing you did. It is not uncommon that scrapers come by and add the encoding that then is read by a search engine and encoded again. I have seen this go on for 5 or 6 times before it finally ends though conceivably this can continue forever perhaps. I always avoid encoding and I especially avoid spaces though I generally do not give that advice. Spaces are fine.

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