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SEO Ranking - by cyan - on WordPress WooCommerce support

This topic has 7 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years, 1 months ago ago by Eva Kemp

cyan

Participant

October 16, 2014 at 11:04

We were doing the client’s ranking report today and were surprised to find that the incorrect area pages were appearing in Google search for a number of their targeted keywords. As an example, if you type in ‘Spanish escorts London’, the Mexican page appears to be indexed, despite the fact that there is no mention of Spanish escorts on this page.

I logged into the CMS to see if I could spot anything obviously wrong, and what I did notice is that the same thing is happening within the search functionality in WordPress. So if I type in ‘Spanish’ into the search bar within the Pages tab, the Mexican page will be returned as well as the Spanish page. To test an area at random, I typed in ‘Regents Park’ (without the apostrophe on purpose), and the Little Venice page is appearing.

We initially thought this was just a problem with Google’s indexing process, but could it be possible that the pages are cross-referencing each other, either through the code or the structure of the website?

What I also noticed is that within the description of the page in Google’s search results it often pulls through the list of Nationality pages that are in the footer of the template instead of the meta description we set for the page. What’s involved in setting these links to nofollow to combat this?

Thanks and sorry to be a pain – we just need to get to the bottom of this in case it’s a big issue that’s affecting 247’s results. If you need any further details please let me know.

Regards,
Cyan

Please, contact administrator
for this information.

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Eva Kemp

Support staff

October 16, 2014 at 13:44

Hello,

As I see you’re using very old theme version.
Please update it to the latest one – 2.4.1, as some bugs were fixed in there.
Now Visual Composer is no longer built-in, but is implemented in the theme as a separate plugin, which is suggested to be installed immediately after the theme installation. The plugin archive is included in the theme archive and to start working with it you just need to click “Install plugin” button.

Also delete wpbakery folder from wp-content/themes/legenda before update.

Don’t forget to create a backup of all your files and databases before upgrading, and read instructions carefully on how to update your template properly: https://www.8theme.com/demo/docs/legenda/index.html#!/installation

Thank you.
Regards,
Eva Kemp.

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cyan

Participant

October 17, 2014 at 10:02

Should I update the theme or wordpress first?

I got this when I tried to update wordpress:

Warning: strpos() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /var/www/vhosts/247londonescorts.co.uk/httpdocs/wp-includes/shortcodes.php on line 196

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/vhosts/247londonescorts.co.uk/httpdocs/wp-includes/shortcodes.php:196) in /var/www/vhosts/247londonescorts.co.uk/httpdocs/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 1173

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cyan

Participant

October 17, 2014 at 13:55

This has been fixed

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Eva Kemp

Support staff

October 17, 2014 at 14:40

Hello,

We’re glad you managed to fix the issue.
If there are any questions let us know.

Regards,
Eva Kemp.

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cyan

Participant

October 22, 2014 at 10:15

One last thing regarding the updating of the theme. Does this mean we have to go and purchase the visual composer separately as it is a paid for plugin?

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Eva Kemp

Support staff

October 22, 2014 at 12:56

Hello,

The plugin is already included in the theme archive. When the theme is updated you’ll be proposed to install VC plugin.

Thank you.
Regards,
Eva Kemp.

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