LovePrestashop Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 My shop http://www.lovestation.com.au (prestashop v1.3.2) is almost 1 year old and it has been fine for most of time. just receiently I found out there are 162 Duplicate meta descriptions and title tags in google webmaster tool: for example: /90-lingerie-l0005.html /bady-dolls/90-lingerie-l0005.html /134-lace-peak-a-boo-babydoll-lingerie.html /bady-dolls/134-lace-peak-a-boo-babydoll-lingerie.html Looks like all products that are under a categry are also apear under root. e.g. this url is right: /bady-dolls/90-lingerie-l0005.html, but why it is also under the root: /90-lingerie-l0005.html? Could someone help with this please? Thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovePrestashop Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 Could anyone help please? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovePrestashop Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 Hi all, I have asked a question at seo section but no one can asnwer it. Here is question: http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/130875-duplicate-urls-in-google-webmaster-tool/ Could any one help me please? Thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovePrestashop Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 sorry the url was incorrect. I have corrected it now. my apology! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigMeade Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Have you just started using Google webmaster or have you been using it for the last year? I'm just checking that the duplicates haven't been there all along, and you only recently discovered them. It's a frustrating situation isn't it? I think it's Google's error, I have a persistent single example of the same thing and am waiting for Google to clean the problem up as the root/product duplicate URL doesn't even exist, it resolves as a category/product URL. Have you tried Presto-Changeo's Duplicate URL module? It seems to fix a lot of these problems and it's not expensive. Have you checked if these duplicates appear in your sitemap? The most annoying thing is that even after you have fixed it, you have to wait and wait while Google gets around to noticing that you've fixed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovePrestashop Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 Thank you so much for reply. I have been using google web master tool since the shop was created and have been monitoring my shop almost every day. The 162 duplicate urls are just appeared in google web master tool a week ago. Obviously ever simple product is listed under a category so the right url should be something like: http://www.lovestation.com.au/bady-dolls/90-lingerie-l0005.html However, I have checked the duplicate url and the url http://www.lovestation.com.au/90-lingerie-l0005.html (the url under root) exists! So I don’t think it is google web master tool’s mistake. It is Prestashop’s fault! My question is how can I remove all products urls under root? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigMeade Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Interesting. You have Friendly URL turned on? Have you checked that it is still on? My only other suggestion is to get Tomerg's Duplicate URL remover fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presta Testa Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Use the canonical URL function. Should stop duplicates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovePrestashop Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 My shop is v1.3.2 and doesn't have canonical URL function. What I am interested is why it was just happened 2 weeks ago? It has been fine for all most one year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presta Testa Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Strange, sounds like Google have followed your sitemap then found the products can be indexed without the category name by using just the product name & number. Is it just in the category Babydoll? because I noticed that the category has the friendly URL as Badydoll & not Babydoll. Canonical URL's can be activated in modules > tools in 1.3.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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