Canonical URLs and breadcrumbs
ShopWired automatically sets a rel="canonical" link element on every page of your website.
The use of the is particularly relevant for your website's category and product pages because, by default, they can appear at different URLs depending on the navigation path that a visitor to your website (or search engine bot like Googlebot) takes to arrive at the page.
All pages of your website, including category and product pages, have a base URL, which is the URL that you set when creating it, e.g.
https://www.yourdomain.com/product-url
If a visitor (or search engine) arrives at the product page by first visiting a category, the URL might look something like
https://www.yourdomain.com/category-url/product-url
or
https://www.yourdomain.com/brand-url/product-url
By setting a canonical link element on pages, ShopWired tells search engines like Google what URL to use when indexing the page in search results and prevents any penalties.
The practice of setting canonical link elements on pages is in line with Google recommendations and cannot be disabled in ShopWired.
Breadcrumbs and URL structure
Breadcrumbs and URL structure
When displaying on your website, ShopWired uses the navigation path taken by a visitor to create them.
Some ShopWired users prefer not to display products and categories at different URLs and instead want to display them always at their base URL.
ShopWired recommends that you do not change the setting below from its default state of no. However, if you prefer to do so:
- Navigate to Website settings > Domain name
- Locate the Canonical URLs section
- Locate the setting Always display product and category website pages at their canonical URLs
- Select
yes
