We've been using zen cart for many years and just discovered that zen cart has been generating new links for product pages every time we change something in the title. Google analytics now tells us it has indexed 20,000 of our links (we had no idea that many existed...), which is way too many considering we have 5000 products at most.
Here's how zencart is causing an issue:
I create a new page that we need to go back and fine-tune. I start with a title, let's say, "Wood Door." I click update so we can get the product live. After some writing, we decide the title should be "Cedar Wood Door." I change it and then click update. Zen cart has then created two links for the same product, only with different titles. Please view these links for an example:
http://www.artfactory.com/entryway-with-opening-sidelights-p-9572.html
http://www.artfactory.com/oval-window-front-door-with-sidelights-ogd4556-p-9572.html
Same product page. Same product ID in zen cart. Two links. Having 20,000 links for maybe 6,000 pages that google can choose from is certainly not good for us.
Does anyone know how to fix this? Is there a way for zen cart to display all the links it generates for one product? Why isn't zencart overwriting old links?
Any assistance would be greatly, greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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