{"id":4505,"date":"2024-12-04T15:42:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T10:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/docs\/index-crawl-optimizer\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\/product-pages\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T15:46:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T10:16:11","slug":"product-pages","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/docs\/index-crawl-optimizer\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\/product-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Pages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The best <strong>meta robots tag<\/strong> for a product page depends on its purpose, availability, and SEO strategy. Here\u2019s a guide to help you decide:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Standard Product Page (In Stock and Active)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Meta Robots Tag<\/strong>: <code>index, follow<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reason<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Allows the page to be indexed in search engines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Links within the page are followed, helping with link equity distribution and crawling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Out of Stock Product Page (But Still Relevant)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Meta Robots Tag<\/strong>: <code>index, follow<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reason<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the product is temporarily out of stock but will return, keep it indexed to preserve its ranking and traffic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add a &#8220;Back in Stock&#8221; alert or suggest related products to retain user engagement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Permanently Unavailable Product Page<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong> Redirect to a Relevant Page (Best for SEO)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use a 301 redirect to a similar product or category page. No meta robots tag needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Duplicate Product Pages (e.g., Filtered, Sorted Versions)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Meta Robots Tag<\/strong>: <code>noindex, follow<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reason<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prevents duplicate content issues and keeps link equity flowing to other pages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Product Pages with Low or No Content<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Meta Robots Tag<\/strong>: <code>noindex, follow<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reason<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If a product page lacks meaningful content (e.g., no description, few images), it might harm SEO. Consider noindexing until it&#8217;s improved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>6. Canonical Tags Instead of Meta Robots<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If multiple URLs lead to the same product page (e.g., via sorting, filtering, or session-based parameters), using a canonical tag is better than altering meta robots tags. The canonical tag points to the primary URL, consolidating SEO signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Best Practice Recommendations<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Keep High-Value Product Pages Indexable<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ensure <code>index, follow<\/code> is used for in-stock and popular products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Structured Data<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Include structured data (e.g., <code>Product<\/code> schema) to enhance visibility in search results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Content Quality<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Optimize product pages with unique descriptions, images, and customer reviews to increase their SEO value.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Monitor with Google Search Console<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Regularly check how Google indexes your product pages and ensure no unintended noindex tags are applied.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":4502,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4505","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Product Pages - HuntBee Resources<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/docs\/index-crawl-optimizer\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\/product-pages\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Product Pages - HuntBee Resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The best meta robots tag for a product page depends on its purpose, availability, and SEO strategy. Here\u2019s a guide to help you decide: 1. Standard Product Page (In Stock and Active) 2. Out of Stock Product Page (But Still Relevant) 3. Permanently Unavailable Product Page 4. Duplicate Product Pages (e.g., Filtered, Sorted Versions) 5. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/docs\/index-crawl-optimizer\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\/product-pages\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"HuntBee Resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/huntbee.opencart\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-04T10:16:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/docs\\\/index-crawl-optimizer\\\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\\\/product-pages\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/docs\\\/index-crawl-optimizer\\\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\\\/product-pages\\\/\",\"name\":\"Product Pages - HuntBee Resources\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-04T10:12:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-04T10:16:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/docs\\\/index-crawl-optimizer\\\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\\\/product-pages\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/docs\\\/index-crawl-optimizer\\\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\\\/product-pages\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/docs\\\/index-crawl-optimizer\\\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\\\/product-pages\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Index &#038; Crawl Optimizer\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/docs\\\/index-crawl-optimizer\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Recommended Meta Robots Tags for Your OpenCart Store\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/docs\\\/index-crawl-optimizer\\\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Product Pages\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/\",\"name\":\"HuntBee Resources\",\"description\":\"OpenCart Extension Documentations - Guides - Blogs - Projects\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"HuntBee OpenCart\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/cropped-mobile-logo-new.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/cropped-mobile-logo-new.png\",\"width\":945,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"HuntBee OpenCart\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.huntbee.com\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/huntbee.opencart\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/opencart.huntbee\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Product Pages - HuntBee Resources","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/docs\/index-crawl-optimizer\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\/product-pages\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Product Pages - HuntBee Resources","og_description":"The best meta robots tag for a product page depends on its purpose, availability, and SEO strategy. Here\u2019s a guide to help you decide: 1. Standard Product Page (In Stock and Active) 2. Out of Stock Product Page (But Still Relevant) 3. Permanently Unavailable Product Page 4. Duplicate Product Pages (e.g., Filtered, Sorted Versions) 5. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/docs\/index-crawl-optimizer\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\/product-pages\/","og_site_name":"HuntBee Resources","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/huntbee.opencart","article_modified_time":"2024-12-04T10:16:11+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/docs\/index-crawl-optimizer\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\/product-pages\/","url":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/docs\/index-crawl-optimizer\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\/product-pages\/","name":"Product Pages - HuntBee Resources","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-12-04T10:12:06+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-04T10:16:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/docs\/index-crawl-optimizer\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\/product-pages\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/docs\/index-crawl-optimizer\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\/product-pages\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/docs\/index-crawl-optimizer\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\/product-pages\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Index &#038; Crawl Optimizer","item":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/docs\/index-crawl-optimizer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Recommended Meta Robots Tags for Your OpenCart Store","item":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/docs\/index-crawl-optimizer\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Product Pages"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/","name":"HuntBee Resources","description":"OpenCart Extension Documentations - Guides - Blogs - Projects","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/#organization","name":"HuntBee OpenCart","url":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cropped-mobile-logo-new.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cropped-mobile-logo-new.png","width":945,"height":200,"caption":"HuntBee OpenCart"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/huntbee.opencart","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/opencart.huntbee\/"]}]}},"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4507,"href":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4505\/revisions\/4507"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4502"}],"next":[{"title":"Login \/ Register Pages","link":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/docs\/index-crawl-optimizer\/recommended-meta-robots-tags-for-your-opencart-store\/login-register-pages\/","href":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huntbee.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=4505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}