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    • Gabriele_Layoutweb
      Gabriele_Layoutweb last edited by

      Hi all,

      We are implementing an eCommerce site where the results pages of the products will be visibile on one page (always loading new products when you scroll down the page).

      Now, I have read that the Google spiders cannot "load" new products scrolling down the page, hence the spider only sees the first few products of the results page.

      Our developer wants to implement a system where a users sees the first products on

      example.com/products

      Then scrolling down, he will see new products with the URL changing to example.com/page/2 and so on.

      Is it enough that we add a pagination link that goes from example.com/products to example.com/page/2

      Then another link that goes from example.com/page/2 to example.com/page/3 and so on, so the Google spider can make his way through all the pages? Or is that too much deep linking and the spider wouldn't even crawl all the results pages?

      Any recommendations how to go about this?

      Many thanks in advance!

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      • Andy.Drinkwater
        Andy.Drinkwater last edited by

        Hi,

        How many scrolling pages are you suggesting?

        I would start by having a read of this resource on infinite scrolling over at Google and then this example from John Mueller.

        What you are suggesting with pagination makes sense and here is what Google say about it:

        Infinite scroll page is made “search-friendly” when converted to a paginated series -- each component page has a similar <title>with rel=next/prev values declared in the <head>.</em></strong></p> <p>I hope this helps,</p> <p>-Andy</p></title>

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        • Gabriele_Layoutweb
          Gabriele_Layoutweb @Andy.Drinkwater last edited by

          Hi Andy,

          We're not sure yet about the amount of scrolling pages, however the resources you've given here have helped us a lot!

          Thanks very much!

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