mark27uk3 Posted December 18, 2004 Posted December 18, 2004 Hi Guys, I have just had a sale tonight generated through kelkoo, the problem is that the product is actually disabled in my store yet you can buy it if you click on the add to cart button that is cached by kelkoo. OSC processes the order and takes payment in the usual way, so what I need to know is is there a problem with osc or is it the cached files that kelkoo use. I see this as a big problem, does anyone else agree? Mark Lifes a bitch, then you marry one, then you die!
mark27uk3 Posted December 19, 2004 Author Posted December 19, 2004 Has anyone come across this problem? Mark Lifes a bitch, then you marry one, then you die!
gazb Posted December 19, 2004 Posted December 19, 2004 Has anyone come across this problem? Mark <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've just tried this using a product I know is out of stock and it wasn't cached by Kelkoo. Came back product not found. Gaz
koie Posted December 19, 2004 Posted December 19, 2004 I have noticed this aswell when people used the cached pages from google. The product is out of stock but is still in the cached page of google. People can still check out that specific product when they click on it on the cached page. See also this thread but haven't had much feedback. Remko
♥Vger Posted December 19, 2004 Posted December 19, 2004 I see why you are concerned, but I don't know what the answer is. Google does warn people that their cached version of the page may be out of date, and does provide a link to the live version of your site. The only possible solution I can think of is using the meta tag which guides robots on how often they should revisit your site. If you set it to be spidered again after 1 day then (provided the robot follows this) it should be as up to date as possible. Vger
mark27uk3 Posted December 19, 2004 Author Posted December 19, 2004 Hi Rhea, The problem is with kelkoo not google. Mark Lifes a bitch, then you marry one, then you die!
Sincraft Posted January 19, 2005 Posted January 19, 2005 I see why you are concerned, but I don't know what the answer is. Google does warn people that their cached version of the page may be out of date, and does provide a link to the live version of your site. The only possible solution I can think of is using the meta tag which guides robots on how often they should revisit your site. If you set it to be spidered again after 1 day then (provided the robot follows this) it should be as up to date as possible. Vger <{POST_SNAPBACK}> All known spiders now completely ignore robot revist tags. They will revist when they want to. You can verify this at webmastworld by reading the multiple posts about this. S
Guest Posted January 19, 2005 Posted January 19, 2005 does set checkout to false for those particular products not work?
Guest Posted January 19, 2005 Posted January 19, 2005 ...The problem is with kelkoo not google. I disagree - the problem is with OSC. If you try to go to a product that is disabled then OSC should refuse to display that page - ie - at present, it clearly isn't checking. Same goes for a product that is not available because the quantity in stock is zero. This shouldn't be dificult to fix in the code. I'd be surprised if there isn't a simple contribution to address it. Rich.
Guest Posted January 19, 2005 Posted January 19, 2005 if a product is disabled in osc, then there is no 'live' link. only link is if someone has it stored or cached.
Guest Posted January 19, 2005 Posted January 19, 2005 if a product is disabled in osc, then there is no 'live' link. only link is if someone has it stored or cached. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, but the product page ought to check the product number passedin the link and then refuse to diaplay it as appropriate Rich.
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