Filter Tag Duplicate Content E-Commerce Issue
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Hello,
I just launched a new site for a client but am seeing some duplicate content issues in the campaign crawl. It has to do with the drill-down, filter "tags" that helps users find the product they are looking for. You can see them in the sidebar here: http://www.ssmd.com/shop/
In my crawl report this is what is showing up as duplicate content (attached image). How do I keep these widgets from generating duplicate content on the site?
Also, not sure if it's important or not, but I am using Wordpress, WooCommerce and Yoast's SEO Tool.
Any suggestions are appreciated!
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Just got to say Kyle I love the video out takes on the site.
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Thanks so much! I'll give it a try. Really appreciate the tip.
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Hi Kyle
Had a similar issue with a site that used filters (CS Cart) and used the robots.txt file to resolve it.
Mine ended up being quite extensive but as an example:
Disallow: /?more_filters=
Disallow: /?subcats=
Disallow: /*?features_hash=Looking at your screenshot you may be successful with:
Disallow: /*?filter_
NOTE:
Be very careful when blocking search engines. Test and test again!
You may also be able to accomplish this via the taxonomies section of SEO Yoast.
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