How can I fix a poorly formatted URL for better SEO on my e-commerce site?

[James88]

Hi There!

I'd like to know if anybody could help me this issue please?

Below is the URL crawled by Google and obviously, it's poorly formatted.  

https://nyxshapewear.com/products/butt-lifter-panties?variant=24921424167012

We've done so much research to solve this problem by the way. 

We can't also block the ?variant=24921424167012 on robot.txt since shopify does not provide access for this if I'm not mistaken. 

So I come to a point and posted this issue if somebody would volunteer to help. 

I also deleted | within: collection code from the link below to make  sure that URL is readable and friendly for SEO. 

FROM

<a href="{{ product.url | within: collection }}" class="product-grid-image" data-collections-related="/collections/{{collection.handle}}?view=related">

TO
<a href="{{ product.url }}" class="product-grid-image" data-collections-related="/collections/{{collection.handle}}?view=related">

I was not able to figure out removing variant on URL; so that Google will no longer crawled this anymore. 

Thanks for your kind support.

Best regards,

[oscprofessional · Accepted solution]

Hi @James88 , 

It is possible to remove the ?variant=xxx from the URL. You would not be able to create links to variants then, only to products.

You can edit your product template -- find this code:

jQuery(function($) {
    new Shopify.OptionSelectors('productSelect', {
      product: {{ product | json }},
      onVariantSelected: selectCallback,
      enableHistoryState: true
    });

Make enable history state from true to false.

[dinnes08]

Hi @oscprofessional ,

This is very informative. 

I was able to make it through your help only. 

But instead, I changed  ( enableHistoryState: false) instead of true. 

And the result was awesome (link provided below for your reference).

https://nyxshapewear.com/products/high-waist-mid-thigh-shaping-girdle

Thank you so much for your help, much appreciated.

Be blessed and keep helping for others. 

You inspired me as well to help them. 

Best regards,

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