Prestashop, language and 301

[Spleen]

Hello,

A question about Prestashop: I noticed that there are some Prestashop websites, with only one language, that work with a redirection from the main domain (for exemple, www.domain-name.com) with a 301 redirection to the main language url (for example, www.domain-name.com/fr )

Here is an example: http://prestaplayers.com/fr/

Assuming that French is the only language on that website, and knowing that links are generally made to www.domain-name.com  (and not to www.domain-name.com/fr) I assume that some netlinking juice is lost for no reason, due to the 301 redirect ?

In this case, and if the website exists for some years, what should be done ? Change all the urls because of that problem ? Or maybe change the stronger links to make them point to the real address (www.domain-name.com/fr) ?

Thank you in advance for yout help dans suggestions !

[SanketPatel]

Hi Spleen,

You are right you have lost link juice due to 301 because 301 does not transfer 100% link juice. If you want to stay with this site then you have to link building on the new domain which is /fr. For the next question if possible then you can change all URLs otherwise it is ok.

[LesleyPaone]

You should look into the module by Presto-Changeo, duplicate url redirect. It fixes this issue.