Switch from paginator.next|previous_page to paginator.next|previous_page_path so that the full path, and not just the page number is used for the "Older" and "Newer" links.
So, I just realized that this is only applicable to the 2.x branches of Octopress. I was working from those for various reasons. Best to ignore this one until v2.x of Octopress.
Switch from paginator.next|previous_page to paginator.next|previous_page_path so that the full path, and not just the page number is used for the "Older" and "Newer" links.