Issues with Product Pages Getting Index In Google
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I just started working here the other week and one of the big issue is that a lot of the product pages are not getting index in google. We have an xml.gz site map they submitted a long time ago. My guess is it might be something with not enough content on the pages? Here are a few example of pages that are not getting index in google.
http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/43/-/439/716/-/33097/Alpinestars-Dual-Motorcycle-Gloves
http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/47/-/201/803/-/28948/Camelbak-Blowfish-2013
http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/46/-/203/836/-/6996/MSR-Head-Case
http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/44/54/208/764/80/1220/Galfer-Brake-Pad-Sintered-Metal
There are 100's that are not indexed just trying to figure out what we need to do!
We are working on new content to them all but we have over 5000 products so it will take a long time. We also have the reviews on the pages and are looking at starting a Q&A on page to help get more unique content.
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I meant to post the URL that the rel="canonical" is pointing to, it is not indext. Several of them that are the rel="canonical" are not index. http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/43/-/203/798/-/28948/Camelbak-Blowfish-2013.
So you do not think it is the content? Why are some indexing and others not that have the same navigational structure? Also how would you recommend cleaning the numbers and multiple directories up?
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THE PAGE IS: http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/47/-/201/803/-/28948/Camelbak-Blowfish-2013
BUT THE CANONICAL FOR THAT PAGE IS: http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/43/-/203/798/-/28948/Camelbak-Blowfish-2013
Is this canonical URL navigatable as well because the canonical URL is not indexed? Is this intentional?
All of these numbers and multiple directories should be cleaned up.
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Also it is a faster load time not using absolute.
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They are all navigatable pages. If they were orphaned pages it would make sense. Some of the products with the same navigation are index and then a lot are not too. If I could change the URL structure I would, I know it is not ideal for SEO. That is a project I will have to bring up later
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what's with the funky directories, are these pages navigatable on the site or only in the sitemap.xml file. Because if they are orphaned pages and not reachable by search engine friendly crawl paths on your site Google may choose to not index them.They figure if not listed on your site then they are not useful to the user.
http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/47/-/201/803/-/28948/Camelbak-Blowfish-2013
Crazy URLs too in your code, I would make these paths absolute and not tracking back folders like that. (../../../)
href="[../../../../../../../c/43/-/452/Cold-Weather-Riding-Gear](view-source:http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/c/43/-/452/Cold-Weather-Riding-Gear)">
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