ProductCart Shopping Cart Software Forums : category name in SEO URLs https://forum.productcart.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:25:52 +0000 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:10:33 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.productcart.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2879 <![CDATA[ProductCart Shopping Cart Software Forums]]> https://forum.productcart.com/forum_images/pc_logo_50.png https://forum.productcart.com/ <![CDATA[category name in SEO URLs : The &#034;must read&#034; on Duplicate...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12166.html#12166 Author: ProductCart
Subject: 2879
Posted: 27-November-2009 at 4:10pm

The "must read" on Duplicate Content is this article on the official Google Webmaster Central blog:

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/09/demystifying-duplicate-content-penalty.html

Specifically: "But most site owners whom I hear worrying about duplicate content aren't talking about scraping or domain farms; they're talking about things like having multiple URLs on the same domain that point to the same content. Like www.example.com/skates.asp?color=black&brand=riedell and www.example.com/skates.asp?brand=riedell&color=black. Having this type of duplicate content on your site can potentially affect your site's performance, but it doesn't cause penalties."

In other words, there is no issue: Google understands that both product pages (with and without the keyword rich URL) point to the same content, that you were not trying to trick anyone, that it is simply that your Web site loads the same content in a couple of different ways, and that there is no issue on your Web store.

The same thing would happen if you had a hard-coded search link (e.g. to load products between $50 and $100) that loads the same list of products as a category. In that case too, nothing to worry about.]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:10:33 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12166.html#12166 <![CDATA[category name in SEO URLs : This is if we upgrade to versioin...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12163.html#12163 Author: gessepi
Subject: 2879
Posted: 27-November-2009 at 1:18pm

This is if we upgrade to versioin 4.0 PC that is. ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:18:52 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12163.html#12163 <![CDATA[category name in SEO URLs : So being on iis6 and using the...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12162.html#12162 Author: gessepi
Subject: 2879
Posted: 27-November-2009 at 1:17pm

So being on iis6 and using the 404 handler it can be done so we wont lose our url's already indexed by the search engines. ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:17:36 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12162.html#12162 <![CDATA[category name in SEO URLs : no, PC runs fine on IIS5 and IIS6....]]> https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12161.html#12161 Author: Greg Dinger
Subject: 2879
Posted: 27-November-2009 at 12:58pm

no, PC runs fine on IIS5 and IIS6.]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:58:18 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12161.html#12161 <![CDATA[category name in SEO URLs : Does this require that the servor...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12160.html#12160 Author: gessepi
Subject: 2879
Posted: 27-November-2009 at 12:54pm

Does this require that the servor be on IIS 7. ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:54:28 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12160.html#12160 <![CDATA[category name in SEO URLs : You refer to ISAPI as if it were...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12159.html#12159 Author: Greg Dinger
Subject: 2879
Posted: 27-November-2009 at 12:50pm

You refer to ISAPI as if it were a stock feature of ProductCart.  IT IS NOT. 
 
Perhaps you are using that ISAPI terminology but are referring to the SEO mod (which DOES NOT use ISAPI-REWRITE for this functionality - it uses a 404 handler):
http://wiki.earlyimpact.com/productcart/seo-urls
 
If that is the case, then no, I do not believe any 301-redirect code exists for existing URLs.  However, Early Impact has stated elsewhere (I cannot find it, perhaps EI will please respond here) their belief that such is unnecessary and will not count as duplicate content.
 
]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:50:22 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12159.html#12159 <![CDATA[category name in SEO URLs : My question is simple:When we...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12158.html#12158 Author: gessepi
Subject: 2879
Posted: 27-November-2009 at 12:39pm

My question is simple:

When we upgrade to version 4.0 and activate isapi is there a means to do a 301 redirect for all of the indexed pages in the search engines so we don't lose our indexing they have already done on our old url's
]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:39:23 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12158.html#12158 <![CDATA[category name in SEO URLs : The only way to get what you want...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12118.html#12118 Author: Greg Dinger
Subject: 2879
Posted: 24-November-2009 at 12:55pm

The only way to get what you want is to host your site at a service that offers ISAPI Rewrite, then to build rules that accommodate that URL structure.  We (and others) do offer that program on our servers.
 
I will be the first to say, however, that I really find ISAPI Rewrite a giant pain.  ISAPI rules, and internal code modifications were coded by a SEO team into www.maximumsecurity.com last year before we redesigned the site.  Working around the ISAPI stuff probably increased project time 20 percent and makes maintenance a chore.
 
I strongly endorse just using the SEO mod as mentioned above and only using ISAPI if you really find that you are not getting the desired results.  By following this guidance your future upgrades will be easier and you will retain stock code - thus keeping your store eligibe for support.  The more you alter the code, the more that EI will not be able to support if you have issues.  Please consider the stock SEO functionality before you start changing things.
]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:55:19 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12118.html#12118 <![CDATA[category name in SEO URLs : Will that be the same for the...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12117.html#12117 Author: gessepi
Subject: 2879
Posted: 24-November-2009 at 12:37pm

Will that be the same for the product details page as well with a -000.htm]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:37:47 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12117.html#12117 <![CDATA[category name in SEO URLs : No. That&#039;s how the system...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12116.html#12116 Author: ProductCart
Subject: 2879
Posted: 24-November-2009 at 12:27pm

No. That's how the system identifies the category or product that you are loading from the database.]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:27:41 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/category-name-in-seo-urls_topic2879_post12116.html#12116