RE: Showing Shopsite Store CGI without ID

[miriamcb]

Hi,

I have a few shows of this page in my Google Analytics:

http://www.goodiemags.com/store/shopsite/sc/order.cgi

Obviously, this is an error screen, but I'm wondering why someone would see this page. Please advise so I can try and fix the issue.

Thanks!

[Jim]

That is the url used in all the add to cart and view cart buttons on your store pages. So evidently someone has added something to the cart or viewed the cart and then probably used the browser back button to get back to the cart.

[miriamcb]

Thanks for the reply. Would this generate an error code for them?

I'm curious because I'm seeing these pages in GA, but when I click on them I get an error in form page and I'm wondering if customers see that as well...

[Jim]

Yes, anyone who goes directly to the order.cgi would get the error screen because the required parameters are not on the url.
Since you are using Google Analytics for reporting on your site it would be reasonable for that url to show up. I simply means that someone (or something) went to that url. They may have just used the browser back button, manually typed the url, found the link through a search or any number of other reasons. You should configure your server so the shopping cart cgi directory (store/shopsite/sc ) is not being indexed by search engines. This is typically done by using a "robots.txt" file in the directory to indicate that robots should not index files in the directory. A web search for "robots.txt" will give you more info on how to do that.