| Dumb Newbie Post About Redirects
It looks like I have a redirect - should I try to get rid of it? |
DigitalDionne
msg:4547130 | 3:54 pm on Feb 20, 2013 (gmt 0) |
I just started managing a website and I'm seeing this:
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/Default.asp?Redirected=Y
in my main traffic overview. I admit to knowing less about canonical urls than I should, but this pretty much makes me think there must be a redirect.
Because the vast majority of traffic is coming to that latter URL, I need to figure out if this is a problem in any way.
I guess I'm thinking that if there is another URL, and most people are going to that, the redirect doesn't matter - we need to either resort to that URL or figure out how to get people to recognize the new URL/brand.
Advice please - is this a problem?
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DigitalDionne
msg:4547134 | 3:55 pm on Feb 20, 2013 (gmt 0) |
Oops, I should have mentioned: This is all taking place on Google Analytics.
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lucy24
msg:4547264 | 12:44 am on Feb 21, 2013 (gmt 0) |
There is absolutely no way that anyone reading your post can provide any more information. Only you can do that. The two most obvious places to look are:
--your site's htaccess file
--your in-progress headers using a utility such as Firefox's Live Headers
If people request the wrong form of a page name, then it is correct to redirect them, since the alternative leads to Duplicate Content.
If your site itself links to the wrong form of a page name, you need to fix the code.
If you are using a cms that auto-generates links in the wrong form and then redirects to the right form, get a different cms.
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phranque
msg:4547402 | 12:04 pm on Feb 21, 2013 (gmt 0) |
welcome to WebmasterWorld, DigitalDionne!
have you checked your server access log file and/or your analytics data to find the source of those requests for redirect urls.
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Andy Langton
msg:4547404 | 12:13 pm on Feb 21, 2013 (gmt 0) |
Are you using a shopping cart system called Volusion?
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