g1smd
msg:4500481 | 5:37 am on Sep 27, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Redirecting will remove.
But should they be having a Google ranking for something out of stock anyway? That's a bad experience for visitors.
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rubikky
msg:4500491 | 7:00 am on Sep 27, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Thanks g1smd. I'm concern about it as well that's why we remove all links to those temporary out of stock page from the internal link structure.
Currently, we give those pages a 404 status but we think it should be better to redirect to some useful page instead.
So you think we should give those page a 301 redirect to their main category page and we can remove it once the product is back into stock again?
Appreciate your advice.
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g1smd
msg:4500501 | 7:50 am on Sep 27, 2012 (gmt 0) |
There's a clue in the word "permanent" ascribed to 301 redirects. :)
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Marshall
msg:4500606 | 12:58 pm on Sep 27, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I find putting a statement on the page to the effect "This item is temporarily out of stock. You can find similar items here." with a link to that item's category, or whatever is appropriate, works nicely. It provides the visitor an option and the page is not de-indexed.
Marshall
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jimbeetle
msg:4500623 | 1:35 pm on Sep 27, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I always recomment the same as Marshall. If you redirect visitors for a temporarily out of stock item: 1) to where are you going to redirect them? 2) where are you going to tell them the reason for the redirection?
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