Guest Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Site URL: https://www.lead406.com/cart I am helping out with this site and for SEO purposes want to hide, disable, or delete the cart page. The cart symbol has been removed from the site but https://www.lead406.com/cart still comes up as an active page. In my pages overview I can't find the cart page anywhere. Link to comment
DarqSpace Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I have the same issue, I'm trying to get rid of the CART page for SEO purposes. I contacted someone using the chat, she said it was something Squarespace business accounts have. I wasn't satisfied with the answer, hoping someone here can guide me. Piebie 1 Link to comment
jaketobin Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 same issue.. weird huh. be great to see if there's a solution, as i have no need for a cart page at all. Piebie 1 Link to comment
Guest Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 13 hours ago, jaketobin said: same issue.. weird huh. be great to see if there's a solution, as i have no need for a cart page at all. 23 hours ago, DarqSpace said: I have the same issue, I'm trying to get rid of the CART page for SEO purposes. I contacted someone using the chat, she said it was something Squarespace business accounts have. I wasn't satisfied with the answer, hoping someone here can guide me. I contacted support and got no help. The articles she gave me for a workaround don't help because the cart doesn't show up on our page list... kinda the whole reason we are here... Link to comment
TheKiln Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Was there any further answers on this issue? We are facing the same problem. Piebie 1 Link to comment
jaketobin Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I haven't asked for any further support on it. pain in the butt though.. Link to comment
jaketobin Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 more concerned about javascript slowing pagespeed test results tho. appears to be a 'downside' of using SS as our platform of choice though... 5.85 seconds of unused javascript on mobile load speed arghhh. Link to comment
dmhancock17 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Having the same issue. Seems ridiculous that we can't delete it somehow. Piebie 1 Link to comment
nnk Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Having same issue! Piebie 1 Link to comment
TheRecruiter Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Anyone come up with a fix ? I'm having the same issue Piebie 1 Link to comment
Maritimes Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I'm having the same issue. Any solutions? Link to comment
paul2009 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 The /cart page should not cause any issues. See my earlier post here: About me: I've been a SQSP User for 18 yrs. I was invited to join the Circle when it launched in 2016. I have been a Circle Leader since 2017. I don't work for Squarespace. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: I founded and run SF.DIGITAL, building Squarespace Extensions to supercharge your commerce website. Content: Views and opinions are my own. Links in my posts may refer to SF.DIGITAL products or may be affiliate links. Forum advice is free. You can thank me by clicking one of the feedback emojis below. Coffee is optional. Link to comment
Piebie Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 @paul2009 Hi Paul, it does show up as a SEO issue that I need to resolve. How can I delete the '/cart' page? Best, Piebie Link to comment
paul2009 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Piebie said: It does show up as a SEO issue. How can I delete the '/cart' page? Where does it show as an SEO issue? Please describe the symptoms or provide us with a screenshot of the issue. You cannot delete the cart page. However, the cart page should not appear in search results because it contains a robots meta tag that instructs search engines not to show the page in search results. About me: I've been a SQSP User for 18 yrs. I was invited to join the Circle when it launched in 2016. I have been a Circle Leader since 2017. I don't work for Squarespace. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: I founded and run SF.DIGITAL, building Squarespace Extensions to supercharge your commerce website. Content: Views and opinions are my own. Links in my posts may refer to SF.DIGITAL products or may be affiliate links. Forum advice is free. You can thank me by clicking one of the feedback emojis below. Coffee is optional. Link to comment
DerekAnson Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 I have the same issue. I don't know how much of an issue it is, but various SEO services do flag this as a small problem. I'm an SEO novice so be gentle... would a 301 redirect help the issue? Link to comment
paul2009 Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) On 2/28/2022 at 2:28 PM, DerekAnson said: various SEO services do flag this as a small problem. The SEO tools are providing an informational message. You can safely ignore it for the reasons already mentioned. The /cart page cannot be removed but it includes a "robots meta tag" to instruct search engines not to index it. Edited Monday at 07:11 PM by paul2009 edited for clarity About me: I've been a SQSP User for 18 yrs. I was invited to join the Circle when it launched in 2016. I have been a Circle Leader since 2017. I don't work for Squarespace. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: I founded and run SF.DIGITAL, building Squarespace Extensions to supercharge your commerce website. Content: Views and opinions are my own. Links in my posts may refer to SF.DIGITAL products or may be affiliate links. Forum advice is free. You can thank me by clicking one of the feedback emojis below. Coffee is optional. Link to comment
SlimJ Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Hi @paul2009 , Google Search Console has emailed this as an issue with my site? Can I safely ignore this warning or will it affect my site indexing / SEO? Google has recognised that the /cart page has a ‘noindex’ tag and is exluding the page, but has listed it as an issue to resolve. I am guessing that the page is correctly marked noindex, but incorrectly included in the XML sitemap. Squarespace doesn't allow manual editing to remove the /cart page from the XML sitemap, so I'm not sure how to resolve this issue for Google. I'm using the latest version of Squarespace and didn't have this issue with my old Squarespace site. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks for your help. ThatDeafGuy 1 Link to comment
paul2009 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 4 hours ago, SlimJ said: Google has recognised that the /cart page has a ‘noindex’ tag and is exluding the page, but has listed it as an issue to resolve. This is by design. You can ignore this warning. SlimJ 1 About me: I've been a SQSP User for 18 yrs. I was invited to join the Circle when it launched in 2016. I have been a Circle Leader since 2017. I don't work for Squarespace. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: I founded and run SF.DIGITAL, building Squarespace Extensions to supercharge your commerce website. Content: Views and opinions are my own. Links in my posts may refer to SF.DIGITAL products or may be affiliate links. Forum advice is free. You can thank me by clicking one of the feedback emojis below. Coffee is optional. Link to comment
SlimJ Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Thanks Paul2009, that's great! Link to comment
WildSEOAgency Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 I'm experiencing the same issue and while I can see that @paul2009 says we can't delete the page and that it shouldn't be a problem overall, I've had someone visit my /cart page this week (direct source). Any recommendations on how to stop people accessing the page? I can't even optimise the page as it's not a listed page, unless I re-create the cart page, I assume? Link to comment
creedon Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 5 hours ago, WildSEOAgency said: I can't even optimise the page as it's not a listed page, unless I re-create the cart page, I assume? The cart page can be customized with custom CSS and/or JavaScript. Quote I've had someone visit my /cart page this week (direct source). Any recommendations on how to stop people accessing the page? Please see the following. Find my contributions useful? Please like, upvote, mark my answer as the best ( solution ), and see my profile. Thanks for your support! I am a Squarespace ( and other technological things ) consultant open for new projects. Link to comment
TheSEOtog Posted Monday at 01:40 PM Share Posted Monday at 01:40 PM Can the Cart page be deleted? I can't see an option there? Google bot keeps hitting this url every so often only to find it's a noindex page. There is no need. How do you delete it? Link to comment
creedon Posted Monday at 05:49 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:49 PM 4 hours ago, TheSEOtog said: Can the Cart page be deleted? No. Find my contributions useful? Please like, upvote, mark my answer as the best ( solution ), and see my profile. Thanks for your support! I am a Squarespace ( and other technological things ) consultant open for new projects. Link to comment
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