SEO Issues
Hi,
Is anyone experiencing issues like the following:
I have a lot of errors in the search console and other SEO dashboards and 99% of them are related to AnsPress Q&As.
Here is an example:
Duplicate page titles and descriptions
3 346 pages (82%) have the same title.
And to illustrate:
Pregnancy | Naprann — 17 such titles
Crawl date
/qa-categories/pregnancy/page/5/
10/13/2022
/qa-categories/pregnancy/page/4/
10/13/2022
/qa-categories/pregnancy/page/2/
10/11/2022
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Marriage | Naprann — 11 such titles
Crawl date
/qa-categories/marriage/
10/11/2022
/qa-categories/marriage/page/7/
10/11/2022
/qa-categories/marriage/page/2/
10/11/2022
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Family | Naprann — 10 such titles
Crawl date
/qa-categories/family/
10/14/2022
/qa-categories/family/page/2/
10/11/2022
/qa-categories/family/page/4/
10/11/2022
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Newborns | Naprann — 10 such titles
Crawl date
/qa-categories/newborns/page/2/
10/11/2022
/qa-categories/newborns/page/3/
10/11/2022
/qa-categories/newborns/
10/11/2022
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Parents | Naprann — 10 such titles
Crawl date
/qa-categories/parents/page/3/
10/11/2022
/qa-categories/parents/page/2/
10/11/2022
/qa-categories/parents/
10/11/2022
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Relationships | Naprann — 9 such titles
Crawl date
/qa-categories/relationships/
10/13/2022
/qa-categories/relationships/page/4/
10/11/2022
/qa-categories/relationships/page/2/
10/11/2022
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Coupons & Deals | Naprann — 6 such titles
Crawl date
/es/special-offers/coupons-deals/
10/05/2022
/pt/special-offers/coupons-deals/
10/05/2022
/coupons-deals/
10/05/2022
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Maternity & Motherhood | Naprann — 6 such titles
Crawl date
/qa-categories/maternity-motherhood/
10/11/2022
/qa/categories/maternity-motherhood/
10/10/2022
/qas/categories/maternity-motherhood/
10/09/2022
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Breastfeeding | Naprann — 6 such titles
Crawl date
/qa-categories/breastfeeding/
10/11/2022
/qa/categories/breastfeeding/
10/10/2022
/qa/categories/breastfeeding/page/2/
10/10/2022
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Q&A Activity Stream | Naprann — 6 such titles
Crawl date
/qa-activity-stream/
10/10/2022
/qas/qa-activity-stream/
10/08/2022
/qa-forum/qa-activity-stream/
10/07/2022
Another thing. In the search console, I have this URL https://mysite.com/?ap_page=shortlink&ap_a=18325, when I paste it on Google it redirects me to https://mysite.com/question/is-clam-chowder-safe-during-pregnancy/answer/18325/, which is an answer to a question. Isn’t it possible to have the second URL discoverable by Google instead of one to be redirected?
How can I fix all that?
Kindly,
To address these duplicate content and SEO issues in AnsPress Q&A pages, follow these steps:
- Unique Titles and Descriptions: Update page titles and meta descriptions for each paginated category (e.g., “Pregnancy | Naprann – Page 2”). This can be done by modifying the AnsPress or theme templates to auto-generate unique titles for each page.
- Canonical Tags: Set up canonical tags for paginated URLs to guide search engines toward the main category page as the primary content, preventing duplicate indexing across pagination.
- Noindex Pagination: Consider adding
noindex, followtags to paginated Q&A pages. This way, Google can still crawl these pages for links without adding them to its index, which reduces duplicate content issues. Plugins like Yoast SEO or Rank Math can help automate this setting. - Fixing Redirect URLs: For URLs like
https://mysite.com/?ap_page=shortlink&ap_a=18325, implement 301 redirects directly to the intended content (e.g., the answer page) within your.htaccessfile or via your hosting control panel. Alternatively, configure AnsPress to ensure only direct, user-friendly URLs appear in the search index. - Audit Other Issues: Perform a full SEO audit to identify and adjust other duplicate content or URL structure issues related to AnsPress, ensuring all pages are optimized individually.
These steps should reduce duplicate errors in search consoles and improve site SEO performance. For more insights you can visit ChatGPT Dansk.
