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How to manage different URLs?

How to manage different URLs in Shopify

         

hamzahashim

6:46 am on Oct 27, 2020 (gmt 0)

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Hello community members, I'm running a Shopify website for a client. Shopify is easy than WordPress but I'm facing an issue that I want to ask from experts. If we have different URLs of products, does it affect google ranking?

Suppose If we open a product from the homepage the URL is like:
https://example.com/products/example-casual-color-block-widgets

But when we open a product from a collection, the URL is different
https://example.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/example-casual-color-block-widgets

So as you can see that the two URLs are different. Which URL will Google Index? The product is the same but the URL is different and appearing two times. I'm confused after seeing this. I have seen other Shopify websites that their URL is the same even if we open from any collection.

Like if you browse some websites, you can see by opening any product that the URL is the same as everywhere. I don't know if they are using any plugin or anything else. Please help me if anyone knows about this.

Need your suggestions that what should I do, need your valuable suggestions.

[edited by: not2easy at 2:04 pm (utc) on Oct 27, 2020]

not2easy

2:32 pm on Oct 27, 2020 (gmt 0)

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These CMS created URLs offer different ways to find the same page as you have noted. Commonly the same CMS that creates the URL variations will usually offer a means to identify a canonical URL to use with your sitemap and all other variations of that URL will be seen for what they are: variations. A canonical tag is how you tell search engines that a specific URL represents the master copy of a page. I would look into the settings you have for Shopify, check to see if Shopify offers documentation for handling canonical URLs.

Without a canonical tag of some sort, the variations can be seen as duplicate content. If you use a sitemap to submit your URLs you should only list the main canonical URL.

tangor

2:33 am on Oct 28, 2020 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member Top Contributors Of The Month



@hamzahashim ... Welcome to Webmasterworld!

not2easy has provided the basic answer: canonical. Advice regarding sitemap is also spot on!

Good luck!