Out-of-stock page handling in SEO Fundamentals - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to set the HTTP status for an out-of-stock page.

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response.status_code = [1]

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A404

B200

C301

D500

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Common Mistakes

Using 200 status code which means the page is OK even if the product is out of stock.

Using 301 which is for redirects, not for out-of-stock pages.

The correct HTTP status code for a page that is not found or out of stock is 404. This tells search engines the page is missing.

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medium

Complete the meta tag to tell search engines not to index an out-of-stock page.

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<meta name="robots" content="[1]">

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Aindex, follow

Bnoindex, nofollow

Cindex, nofollow

Dnoindex, follow

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Common Mistakes

Using 'index, follow' which allows indexing and following links.

Using 'noindex, follow' which prevents indexing but allows following links.

Using noindex, nofollow tells search engines not to index the page and not to follow links on it, which is suitable for out-of-stock pages.

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hard

Fix the error in the canonical link tag for an out-of-stock product page.

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<link rel="canonical" href="[1]">

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Ahttps://example.com/product-123

Bhttps://example.com/out-of-stock

Chttps://example.com/product-123?ref=outofstock

Dhttps://example.com

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Common Mistakes

Setting canonical to the out-of-stock page URL causing duplicate content.

Using URLs with query parameters that confuse search engines.

The canonical URL should point to a valid, in-stock product or category page to avoid duplicate content issues. Using the homepage URL is a safe fallback for out-of-stock pages.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a redirect for out-of-stock products to a category page.

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if product.stock == 0:
    return redirect('[1]', code=[2])

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A/category/outdoor

B301

C/category/electronics

D302

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Common Mistakes

Using 302 for permanent redirects which can confuse search engines.

Redirecting to unrelated categories causing poor user experience.

Redirecting out-of-stock products to a relevant category page with a 301 status code tells search engines the redirect is permanent.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a JSON-LD structured data snippet indicating product availability.

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{
  "@context": "https://schema.org/",
  "@type": "Product",
  "name": "[1]",
  "availability": "[2]",
  "url": "[3]"
}

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AExample Product

Bhttps://schema.org/OutOfStock

Chttps://example.com/product-123

Dhttps://schema.org/InStock

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Common Mistakes

Using 'InStock' availability when the product is out of stock.

Leaving the URL blank or incorrect.

This JSON-LD snippet correctly marks the product name, shows it is out of stock, and provides the product URL for search engines.