Gomlers Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I have prestashop 1.6.0.9 - I'm not sure about how the seo-friendly-url work on this version. Question 1. When I move a product from category A to category B, and then I search for the product in google, I am actually being redirected to the new product-url. In google it shows the old URL, but when I click the google-link, I end up at the correct product with the new URL. How is that possible? Does prestashop keep it's own redirect database for moved products? -------- Question 2. I have a quite popular category with 30+ products. Now I need to insert two subcategories to this category, and I need to move all the products from the main category to one of the new subcategories. (This meaning that the maincategory will now be without products, only listing it's two subcategories) Can I do this without getting penalized or hurt by google? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellini13 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 In google it shows the old URL, but when I click the google-link, I end up at the correct product with the new URL. How is that possible? Does prestashop keep it's own redirect database for moved products? Because Prestashop ignores where the product is located, and just uses the product id to locate the product Can I do this without getting penalized or hurt by google? I do not know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomlers Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Because Prestashop ignores where the product is located, and just uses the product id to locate the product Thank you, but does this mean that prestashop stores every product-url in a db, and can change between them "on the fly" as we change the product category, or am I very wrong? Because if this is correct, google will never have any issues about "missing" product-url's, even though the product has changed it's url. I mean if it's redirecting to the correct product anyway, google is happy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellini13 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Prestashop does not store the URL in the database, instead Prestashop looks at the format of the requested URL and can determine that the URL is requesting a product. Since the URL contains the Product ID, Prestashop can easily locate the requested product and display it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomlers Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Ahh, of course! Thank you... That should help google to send the customer to the right product-url, even though the product-url has been changed to a new category. What do you other guys think? Would it be bad for seo to move many products from an old category to a new one, or wouldn't it make a difference for google? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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