Woocommerce URL Structure Issue

[alexrbrg]

Hi everyone !

To put you in context, I am doing an audit on an E-Commerce site selling auto parts with WooCommerce. I have some concerns regarding the url structure and here's why:

Product category page url: /auto/drivetrain/cv-axle-shaft-assembly/
Product page url included in the product category page: /product/acura-integra-cv-axle-shaft-90-01-honda-civic/

The way I see my situation is that the product page is considered by Google as an intern link and not as a page included in in the subfolder of the category page.

1. Am I right? 
2. If yes, is there a solution to fix the issue with woocommerce to improve the category page ranking ?

Thanks y'all !

[ChristinaWorkman]

The product page is both its own page, with its own ranking, and an internal link on the category page. If you go to yoursite.com/product/acura-integra-cv-axle-shaft-90-01-honda-civic/ you should get a page all about that particular product. Google should recognize this as a unique page, as it has a unique url.

On the category page yoursite.com/auto/drivetrain/cv-axle-shaft-assembly/, all the products of this category will show, each with their own internal links to their own unique product pages.

I suggest trying to rank the category page for broader terms related to the category (the type of product) and the product pages more specifically (e.g. include car make/model, etc)