Will changing products default categories affect SEO?
The breadcrumb paths are wrong so I will need to edit all my products' default categories. For example:
In a tee shirt product I have to edit the product by going to associations and scroll to the bottom to change DEFAULT CATEGORY from Dog Clothes to Dog Tee Shirts.
The background on this:
My breadcrumbs path doesn’t show the subcategory I clicked on when I arrive on the product page.
I click main category “Dog Clothes” and click subcategory “Dog Tee Shirts”. Then I click the tee shirt product and I get this breadcrumb path:
Home> Dog Clothes>Funny Dog Tee Shirt with 3 dog obedience commands
The path should be:
Home> Dog Clothes> Dog Tee Shirts> Funny Dog Tee Shirt with 3 dog obedience commands
How do I fix this, please?
Jonny answered:
The breadcrumb of a product is always the path of the product’s default category.
The default category of all your products in “Dog Tee Shirts” category is “Dog Clothes”, not “Dog Tee Shirts”. You have to edit them to change their “Default category” to “Dog Tee Shirts” to make their breadcrumbs be “Home> Dog Clothes> Dog Tee Shirts”.
If it will affect whatever SEO I may have, should I leave them alone? It will make the UX more difficult and I do not like this.
Here is where to fix this:
Thanks,
Stephanie