Source evidence

Plugin caused issues with Google listings

Cloak Affiliate Links for WooCommerce · support · 2018-07-06T17:45:00+00:00

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weedlist unresolved

Hi, If you google “site: https://weedlist.ca” ; this will give you a list of all pages indexed in google. With the cloaked plugin, it has caused all listed product pages in Google to redirect to the affiliate sites rather than the actual page on my website. To see what I mean click on any products associated with weedlist.ca listed in Google. Is there any way of fixing this without causing 404 errors on my listings? Thanks, Dan The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Hi What do you have for “Status Code” on this page WordPress Admin Area > Settings > WC Cloak Links? Thanks Eric Hi, Thanks for the quick reply. Status Code is “302 Found/Temporary Redirect”. What do you suggest? I think 301 would be more appropriate because these aren’t temporary redirects… they are permanent. Thanks for your help! I made the switch. I’ll keep an eye on it over the next update to see if it affects my search listings. Cheers! Cool, keep me posted. Hey, weedlist. Good catch. I checked your site links using site: https://weedlist.ca and it appears that the 301 redirect did not solve your problem. Bummer. I’d like to see a solution for this. But honestly I don’t think there could be a solution since google is merely listing your link and you have it set to be redirected. It’s not actually a page on your site.

Commercial Context

Opportunity

search visibility operations

Redirect search visibility assurance for protecting search visibility and structured data quality

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies

Wedge: monitor redirect drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes

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Analysis

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Summary: Plugin caused issues with Google listings: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence quote: Plugin caused issues with Google listings Hi, If you google “site: https://weedlist.ca” ; this will give you a list of all pages indexed in google.

Affected feature: bugs

bugs missing feature support easy

Plugin

API

Cloak Affiliate Links for WooCommerce

2.0K active installs · 53.2K downloads · rating 86.0

affiliate links cloak external mask redirect

Comments

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datafeedr 2018-07-07T01:49:00+00:00

Hi What do you have for “Status Code” on this page WordPress Admin Area > Settings > WC Cloak Links? Thanks Eric

weedlist 2018-07-07T16:50:00+00:00

Hi, Thanks for the quick reply. Status Code is “302 Found/Temporary Redirect”. What do you suggest?

datafeedr 2018-07-08T12:51:00+00:00

I think 301 would be more appropriate because these aren’t temporary redirects… they are permanent.

weedlist 2018-07-10T15:02:00+00:00

Thanks for your help! I made the switch. I’ll keep an eye on it over the next update to see if it affects my search listings. Cheers!

datafeedr 2018-07-10T15:09:00+00:00

Cool, keep me posted.

toolsavvy 2018-12-02T10:32:00+00:00

Hey, weedlist. Good catch. I checked your site links using site: https://weedlist.ca and it appears that the 301 redirect did not solve your problem. Bummer. I’d like to see a solution for this. But honestly I don’t think there could be a solution since google is merely listing your link and you have it set to be redirected. It’s not actually a page on your site.