Item URLs with a duplicate URL component suffix (_2, _3)
Two items that share a URL component become two addresses distinguished by a digit — /blue-mug and /blue-mug_2. Search engines split the ranking between them, and shoppers land on whichever was indexed first. Each item needs a URL component of its own.
Updated · By the SuiteAnalytics team
What we detect
Item URLs in the sitemap and in the crawled pages that end in _2, _3 and so on — the suffix NetSuite adds when a URL component collides.
How to fix it
- Search the item records for each URL component with the suffix removed; each one is held by two or more items.
- Give every item a distinct URL component that reads as its own product name.
- Redirect the suffixed address to the kept one with a 301, so the indexed URL transfers rather than competing.
- Regenerate the sitemap and confirm the suffixed addresses are gone.
In NetSuite: Lists > Accounting > Items › Edit › Web Store subtab › URL Component Oracle documentation
In NetSuite: Commerce > Hosting > Redirects › New Oracle documentation