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fix(seo): /about/faq is a permanent redirect, links go to /faq (sysadmins-infra#654) - #564
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…come/sysadmins-infra#654) /about/faq answered with a 302 to /faq and every page linked to /about/faq (footer, landing, search map, About submenu), so Google kept /about/faq as canonical and reported /faq as a duplicate, against the sitemap and canonical tag. The redirect is now a 301 and the links use faqs_overview. Also fixes the groups menu link about/faq/6 (404) to faq/6.
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feature/docker-master. Part of BeWelcome/sysadmins-infra#654.Why
After v3.8.2, Search Console URL Inspection reports
https://bewelcome.org/faqas "Duplicate without user-selected canonical", with Google's canonical set to/about/faq./about/faqanswered with a 302 (temporary) redirect to/faq(redirectToRoutedefault)./about/faq: the footer, the landing page, the search map and the About submenu.With a temporary redirect and all internal links on the old URL, Google keeps the old URL. That goes against the sitemap and the
/faqcanonical tag added in #561./about/faqis a main sitelink (about 177k impressions in 12 months), so the signals should agree.Changes
FaqController::showAboutFAQ: 301 tofaqs_overview(/faq). The route stays, for bookmarks and external links.faqs_overview:footer.html.twig,landing/landing.html.twig,search/searchmap.html.twig, andAboutBaseController(About submenu). Theabout_faqarray keys are submenu IDs and are unchanged.build/groups/groupsbase.page.php: the groups menu linkedabout/faq/6, which is a 404. It now linksfaq/6(200).Tested on stage (
sha-82e2332)/about/faqgives 301 →/faqfor GET and HEAD. Query strings are dropped./about/faqlinks on/,/about,/faqor/search/map. The FAQ links point to/faq./faqcanonical is/faq, and/faq/6returns 200.