Language and Currency redirect.

[harrisorganic]

Google search console, regarding indexing, has picked up a redirect which does not make sense to me.

Under settings/ languages, I have set English UK. No other language is used.

However Google picks up this string.

https://www.harrisorganicwine.com.au/shop/sweet-dessert/liqueur-verdelho.html?set_language=es-ES&set_currency=JPY

I read this as using Spanish language and Japanese currency.

Has anyone else seen this?

I also see 

https://www.harrisorganicwine.com.au/shop/sweet-dessert/liqueur-shiraz.html?set_currency=CHF
https://www.harrisorganicwine.com.au/shop/sweet-dessert/liqueur-verdelho.html?set_currency=GBP

occasionally too.

[bsmither]

Does Google mention when these URLs were indexed?

My guess would be that some time before you removed the ability for CubeCart to allow for the customer to choose a language and/or currency, Google scanned your site.

However, CubeCart should have sent a 302 Redirect with a link that had the set_currency and/or set_language stripped off. Thus, Google should never have indexed those links anyway.

For Google to have both is very strange.

 

Edited December 5, 2022 by bsmither

[harrisorganic]

Hi Brian,

Google says last crawled

https://www.harrisorganicwine.com.au/shop/sweet-dessert/liqueur-verdelho.html?set_language=es-ES&set_currency=JPY
on Nov 27, 2022.

When I click on the link I get

https://www.harrisorganicwine.com.au/shop/sweet-dessert/liqueur-verdelho.html?set_language=es-ES

and therefore the set_currency is stripped off, but not the language.

I can not find anything indexed in sitemaps or site:www.harrisorganicwine.com.au/shop with language or currency.

But, I find this on Google Search Console Google says these pages are pages with redirects. I ask why do they show up at all. Possibly indexed years ago and still lurking on the ether.

Edited March 19, 2023 by harrisorganic