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    • PremioOscar
      PremioOscar last edited by

      Hello everyone!

      Can anyone help me understanding this url?

      Product.asp?PID=1236

      cheers

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      • AndersS
        AndersS last edited by

        Hi!

        The URL Product.asp?PID=1236 redirects to a more semantic("user friendly") URL. Or did you perhaps think of something else?

        Hope this helps

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        • PremioOscar
          PremioOscar last edited by

          It does redirect to a user friendly url but I have no idea what that url represents. Also it causes duplicate issues with the site.

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          • AndersS
            AndersS @PremioOscar last edited by

            It appear to do a redirect to a URL within the product-folder, add the product name as a subfolder, and add the SKU# as the last part of the URL.

            The two URLs should not cause any duplicate issues, as the http://www.repsole.com/Product.asp?PID=1236 does a proper 301 Redirect to the user friendly URL..

            Best regards,
            Anders

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            • PremioOscar
              PremioOscar last edited by

              Thanks for your help!

              I am going to look into it but I have so many like it within GWT.

              I will talk to the developer and see what he says.

              Cheers

              Oscar

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              • PremioOscar
                PremioOscar last edited by

                Hi Anders,

                I checked and there are redirects on those pages but why in GWT appears as duplicate title tag and description?

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                • AndersS
                  AndersS @PremioOscar last edited by

                  Hi Oscar.

                  Is the redirect rule somewhat new? Perhaps the /Product.asp?PID=1236 was indexed before and GoogleBot has not yet made another visit to this page?

                  Anders

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                  • PremioOscar
                    PremioOscar last edited by

                    The Google bot did visit the page and i don't think this is a new rule, it has been done before. How can I get Google Bot to crawl my pages?

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                    • AndersS
                      AndersS @PremioOscar last edited by

                      Perhaps you could submit (or resubmit) a XML sitemap, alternatively use the "fetch as Googlebot" for the "old" URL. That way, Googlebot should see the redirect.

                      Good luck. 🙂

                      Anders

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                      • PremioOscar
                        PremioOscar last edited by

                        Thanks very much for your help!

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