Changing product url - what happens to the old one?

[SkyHiRider]

I used to have a product with the url exampleshop.com/12-best-product BUT I changed it to exampleshop.com/12-new-best-product

 

What is the default prestashop behaviour if someone accesses the old (exampleshop.com/12-best-product) page?

 

Is there a way to do an automatic 301 when changing the product url ?

 

I've read that prestashop automatically does a redirect after changing the product url but google takes it as two separate pages with duplicit content, which is not good.

[vekia]

 

 

What is the default prestashop behaviour if someone accesses the old (exampleshop.com/12-best-product) page?

if you will open old url 12-best-product you will be automatically redirected to correct new adddress: exampleshop.com/12-new-best-product

[SkyHiRider]

Thanks Milos. I discovered that prestashop 1.4.4 does an automatic 301 redirect to the new pages (I've verified this in google webmaster tools "Fetch as google").

 

This is perfect as I can rename the pages I need without risking any loss in SEO.

[vekia]

that's right

presteshop engine is flexible in cases like that we will not lose seo after product name changes due to this 301 redirection

it works the same in 1.5 and 1.6 

[farnamjam]

very nice that presta uses 301 redirects to old URL

[alexsaiz]

Is this enabled by default? Where is this setting within the admin panel? Thanks!

[vekia]

Is this enabled by default? Where is this setting within the admin panel? Thanks!

it is enabled by deafult, and there is no option to "enable or disable"

[Brazzan]

But it does not seem to work if you change global settings. In other words, there is no 301 if you in the Preferences->SEO & URLs change the delimiter for example.

 

Route to product

Before: {category:/}{rewrite}-{id}.html

After: {category:/}{rewrite}_{id}.html

[Hemanth Malli]

that's right

presteshop engine is flexible in cases like that we will not lose seo after product name changes due to this 301 redirection

it works the same in 1.5 and 1.6 

Hi,

 

Then what about the SERP for Google, Bing Yahoo, etc.....

[vekia]

if browser will "know" about 301 redirection, old url will be replaced by new one.

it will not affect seo that much.

[sapcha]

Hi,

You can use this module http://addons.prestashop.com/fr/referencement-seo-modules-prestashop/18125-seo-redirection-301-302.html to perfom 301 redirects !

Thank's

Adam

[Vitazzz]

Btw even though redirect is working, now I see in my Google console two urls of same product as duplicated content and it does not get removed from there...

Edited October 11, 2015 by Vitazzz (see edit history)