How to Handel Fashion Jewelry Stores's Listings?
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Hi !
I m working with few brands who hardly make same designs again... which is good things for my buyers..
Buy i m worrying how i can handle this keeping seo in mind? should i delete pages after product is sold out? or there is some other better way to handle this?
Thanks,
Vinku
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Hi Vinku,
There are three basic ways to handle this.
- 301 redirect all expired or old pages to the category or subcategory they belong to. This is a great method if the pages get some tweet, shares and external links pointed at them.
This method was endorsed a speaker at SES from CareerBuilder, who has a similar issue where job postings always expire.
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Let all the pages 404 and remove them from your site.
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Let most pages 404 and 301 selected pages that you know where popular to the category or subcategory page.
It depends a lot on the popularity of your site and on the technical capabilities you have. Good luck.
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