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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0007405OXID eShop (all versions)1. ----- eShop frontend -----public2024-02-07 15:16
Reporterfrogger14033 Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status feedbackResolutionopen 
Product Version6.5.1 
Summary0007405: Pagination parameter contains uppercase letter| Paginierungsparameter enthält Großbuchstabe
Description-- Original below --

The pagination parameter pgNr contains an uppercase letter: https://github.com/OXID-eSales/oxideshop_ce/blob/b-7.0.x/source/Application/Controller/FrontendController.php#L1112
Google declared that one must use lowercase letters only: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/url-structure
Please change pgNr to pgnr.


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Der Paginierungs-URL-Parameter "pgNr" enthält einen Großbuchstaben.

https://github.com/OXID-eSales/oxideshop_ce/blob/b-7.0.x/source/Application/Controller/FrontendController.php#L1112

Gemäß Google-Vorgaben sind für URLs und deren Parameter ausschließlich Kleinbuchstaben zugelassen.

Bitte aus "pgNr" einfach "pgnr" machen
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2023-01-26 16:38

administrator   ~0014995

@frogger14033, could please provide a source for the statement, that Google wants only lowercase letters?

-MK

frogger14033

2023-01-26 17:37

reporter   ~0014997

We all know Google is not very open on SEO tips. So beside the web best practises use this site:
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/url-capitalization-seo/343369/#close

About the underscore problem (remember: there shouldn't be underscores in an URL) in your URLs you even can find a note by Google:
https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/url-structure?hl=de

QA

2023-01-27 10:05

administrator   ~0014999

-MK

SvenBrunk

2023-02-06 10:26

administrator   ~0015017

The link you posted regarding capitalization only advises you to be consistent. Actually I see a danger in changing this now as it will severely harm the score of currently indexed pages.
The author states that page rank splits will happen if you have both pgNr and pgnr in an URL. And of course that you should in general avoid URL parameters which would in turn mean that we should better change to something like https://myshop.de/category/1 instead of https://myshop.de/category/?pgNr=1
On the other hand I read a lot of times (from Google) that we should just be consistent and trust in the ability of the Google Crawler to interpret this correctly. I will discuss this with our SEO agency

SvenBrunk

2024-02-07 15:16

administrator   ~0016275

Last edited: 2024-02-07 15:16

Would you please have a look and tell me, what I might have missed?