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    URI Management and bad links showing up in Google

    Google seems to have picked up a large number of product links with /product/ in the URL. The site is configured to use /&mvt:product:code;.html for the products. This is also the same style link the site used before switching to the URI Management. I've checked the sitemap that was submitted and it's not included in any of the submitted links. When viewing the Error Details it gives no indication as to where the link was found. This is a fresh 404 error detected on 11/14/2015 and there are almost 500 of them total. What's the best way to fix these?
    Leslie Kirk
    Miva Certified Developer
    Miva Merchant Specialist since 1997
    Previously of Webs Your Way
    (aka Leslie Nord leslienord)

    Email me: [email protected]
    www.lesliekirk.com

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    Re: URI Management and bad links showing up in Google

    Did the site used to use the link structure that Google is picking up? If so you should have 301 redirects in place to fix this.

    However if google is still seeing these old links they must be on the page somewhere. View the page source and see if the old URL structure appears anywhere. I've seen sometimes Google will pickup Google Analytic calls i the source and if those have the wrong URL structure it will cause the 404s too.
    Brennan Heyde
    VP Product
    Miva, Inc.
    [email protected]
    https://www.miva.com

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      #3
      Re: URI Management and bad links showing up in Google

      Originally posted by Brennan View Post
      Did the site used to use the link structure that Google is picking up? If so you should have 301 redirects in place to fix this.

      However if google is still seeing these old links they must be on the page somewhere. View the page source and see if the old URL structure appears anywhere. I've seen sometimes Google will pickup Google Analytic calls i the source and if those have the wrong URL structure it will cause the 404s too.
      No it did not. This link structure is what they already had in place but using a third party module.

      It's kind of hard to decipher what's being submitted via GA (but it doesn't look right):
      Code:
      ga( 'send', 'pageview', { 'page':'/Merchant2\/merchant.mvc\u003FStore\u005FCode\u003DKCD\u0026Screen\u003DPROD\u0026Product\u005FCode\u003DW362424MC' } );[/TD]
      Last edited by lesliekirk; 11-16-15, 11:34 AM.
      Leslie Kirk
      Miva Certified Developer
      Miva Merchant Specialist since 1997
      Previously of Webs Your Way
      (aka Leslie Nord leslienord)

      Email me: [email protected]
      www.lesliekirk.com

      Follow me: Twitter | Facebook | FourSquare | Pinterest | Flickr

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        #4
        Re: URI Management and bad links showing up in Google

        The Google Analytics module is passing the old style dynamic urls, which is a problem, don't think it was updated to support the new URI Management features in 9.4. That said, if you are seeing /product/ style short links, I would check your sitemaps.

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          #5
          Re: URI Management and bad links showing up in Google

          Originally posted by Dan - Glendale Designs View Post
          The Google Analytics module is passing the old style dynamic urls, which is a problem, don't think it was updated to support the new URI Management features in 9.4. That said, if you are seeing /product/ style short links, I would check your sitemaps.
          Where do I find the 9.4 updates for the URI Management?

          As I mentioned, the sitemap URL are good (it was the first thing I checked). Moogle seems to play very nicely with the URI Management.
          Leslie Kirk
          Miva Certified Developer
          Miva Merchant Specialist since 1997
          Previously of Webs Your Way
          (aka Leslie Nord leslienord)

          Email me: [email protected]
          www.lesliekirk.com

          Follow me: Twitter | Facebook | FourSquare | Pinterest | Flickr

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            #6
            Re: URI Management and bad links showing up in Google

            As I mentioned, the sitemap URL are good (it was the first thing I checked). Moogle seems to play very nicely with the URI Management.
            Is SMAP - HTML Sitemap enabled?

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              #7
              Re: URI Management and bad links showing up in Google

              It is, but it's not linked because of there are thousands of products. The URL are correct in it too.
              Leslie Kirk
              Miva Certified Developer
              Miva Merchant Specialist since 1997
              Previously of Webs Your Way
              (aka Leslie Nord leslienord)

              Email me: [email protected]
              www.lesliekirk.com

              Follow me: Twitter | Facebook | FourSquare | Pinterest | Flickr

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                #8
                Re: URI Management and bad links showing up in Google

                Canonical tag would be the next thing I would check.

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                  #9
                  Re: URI Management and bad links showing up in Google

                  Originally posted by Dan - Glendale Designs View Post
                  Canonical tag would be the next thing I would check.
                  Yup - been there, done that. All are exactly as they should be.
                  Leslie Kirk
                  Miva Certified Developer
                  Miva Merchant Specialist since 1997
                  Previously of Webs Your Way
                  (aka Leslie Nord leslienord)

                  Email me: [email protected]
                  www.lesliekirk.com

                  Follow me: Twitter | Facebook | FourSquare | Pinterest | Flickr

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                    #10
                    Re: URI Management and bad links showing up in Google

                    Hard to say for sure without seeing the specifics then. Errors/404's reported in Google Search Console could even be an external source, product feed/PPC etc., which usually lag on exposing their "Linked From" location.

                    I am not aware of an official fix for the Google Analytics dynamic url issue yet, but with that url format, should be able to apply some conditionals to get it to fire properly.

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                      #11
                      Re: URI Management and bad links showing up in Google

                      Originally posted by Dan - Glendale Designs View Post
                      Hard to say for sure without seeing the specifics then. Errors/404's reported in Google Search Console could even be an external source, product feed/PPC etc., which usually lag on exposing their "Linked From" location.
                      As I already mentioned,
                      When viewing the Error Details it gives no indication as to where the link was found
                      as in there isn't any "Linked From" for these. So you are saying I need to wait for days for this info to possibly show up? Ya just got to love the power that Google seems to be wielding over us. You can't fix a problem you can't see, but you must fix it or die...
                      Leslie Kirk
                      Miva Certified Developer
                      Miva Merchant Specialist since 1997
                      Previously of Webs Your Way
                      (aka Leslie Nord leslienord)

                      Email me: [email protected]
                      www.lesliekirk.com

                      Follow me: Twitter | Facebook | FourSquare | Pinterest | Flickr

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                        #12
                        Re: URI Management and bad links showing up in Google

                        I am having a similar issue where I changed my link structure, now I am getting 404's but MM9 manages the .htaccess file. I am afraid to mess with this because the 2 times I have in the past it has broken the site until I reactivate recall and update from the UI.

                        I need to redirect those dead links to their new links but the URL feature doesn't work for me.
                        Night Optics USA | Huntington Beach, CA

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                          #13
                          Re: URI Management and bad links showing up in Google

                          We've also seen google pickup some old feed files on the server that caused similar issues.
                          Brennan Heyde
                          VP Product
                          Miva, Inc.
                          [email protected]
                          https://www.miva.com

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                            #14
                            Re: URI Management and bad links showing up in Google

                            Originally posted by Brennan View Post
                            We've also seen google pickup some old feed files on the server that caused similar issues.
                            No old feeds on the server. And if there were, none of them would have had /product/ in the URL - it was never used in the link style. If it weren't for the fact that Google is finding these as of 11/15/2015, I would ignore them. I feel like I need some sort of super link sniffer.
                            Leslie Kirk
                            Miva Certified Developer
                            Miva Merchant Specialist since 1997
                            Previously of Webs Your Way
                            (aka Leslie Nord leslienord)

                            Email me: [email protected]
                            www.lesliekirk.com

                            Follow me: Twitter | Facebook | FourSquare | Pinterest | Flickr

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                              #15
                              Re: URI Management and bad links showing up in Google

                              Email support, they can run a scan on the site to search for one of the URLs Google is finding.
                              Brennan Heyde
                              VP Product
                              Miva, Inc.
                              [email protected]
                              https://www.miva.com

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