(i've searched but suprinsigly cannot locate a similar thread on this)
So my Umbraco powered site has the main navigation as example.com/keyword which in the nav uses "Keyword" but in reality is 301 redirected to example.com/keyword/page-about-keyword
This is a problem from a SEO perspective
How is overcome within Umbraco, is this a substandard site build or is it a common trait of Umbraco sites?
To see if the umbracoUrlAlias is in use go to the settings section and open the folder with document types.
Now you can see all the document types and then it's a matter of having a look at each one of the and see if this alias is in use under "generic properties".
If you can access the filesystem you could also try going to the "config" folder and have a look at the urlrewriting.config file to see if it has been configured in here.
undesired 301s for main nav items
(i've searched but suprinsigly cannot locate a similar thread on this)
So my Umbraco powered site has the main navigation as example.com/keyword which in the nav uses "Keyword" but in reality is 301 redirected to example.com/keyword/page-about-keyword
This is a problem from a SEO perspective
How is overcome within Umbraco, is this a substandard site build or is it a common trait of Umbraco sites?
What's the resolution?
Hi Paul
Can you tell us a bit more about how your Umbraco instance has been setup? It's not something that just works like this out of the box.
The 301 redirect can be set using a package, or in the urlrewriting.config file in the "config" folder or in IIS...
It can also be that the umbracoUrlAlias property is in use here...but it's a bit hard to tell from what you write above :-)
But try investigating the above areas further and report back and please don't hesitate to ask futher questions.
/Jan
hey thanks Jan for your interest, I've no compunction in giving out the URL of cleardebt.co.uk
unfortunately i don't yet have IIS access myself so can't answer on that.
I do have full privileges to Content, Media, Settings and Developer in Umbraco so maybe I can see this umbracoUrlAlias property somewhere?
ps. it's umbraco v 4.0.3 (Assembly version: 1.0.3680.15881)
Hi Paul
To see if the umbracoUrlAlias is in use go to the settings section and open the folder with document types.
Now you can see all the document types and then it's a matter of having a look at each one of the and see if this alias is in use under "generic properties".
If you can access the filesystem you could also try going to the "config" folder and have a look at the urlrewriting.config file to see if it has been configured in here.
I hope this helps.
/Jan
umbracoUrlAlias does not appear where you suggested although i can see urlrewriting.config
i guess i will have to ask the original developers to look closely at this, on the face of it its not giving me the SEO result i expect.
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