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238 25 500 25S975 237 975 500 763 975 500 975Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-dce-text-color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67b023ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67b023ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>OpenCart is one of the preferred platforms for building online stores, especially among small and medium-sized businesses, thanks to its flexibility, open-source nature, and ease of administration. However, when it comes to SEO, the platform has a number of potential pitfalls that can easily go unnoticed until your website starts losing rankings and traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Many online stores built with OpenCart face issues such as duplicate content, incorrect canonical tags, poorly structured URLs, or a lack of technical SEO support during migration. These mistakes not only harm your visibility in Google but can also directly affect conversions and revenue.<\/p>\n<p>In this article, we will look at 7 of the most common SEO mistakes in OpenCart &#8211; why they happen, what their consequences are, and most importantly, how to fix them effectively.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is OpenCart and How SEO-Friendly Is It?<\/h2>\n<p>OpenCart is a lightweight, free, open-source platform designed specifically for building online stores. It is relatively easy to use and allows merchants, even those without technical experience, to manage products, orders, and customers through a user-friendly admin panel. Thanks to its modular architecture, OpenCart also allows for customization and the addition of new functionality through extensions.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to SEO optimization, OpenCart provides a basic technical foundation. Among its built-in features are so-called SEO-friendly URLs that describe the content of the page (for example, \/smartfon-samsung-galaxy-s25 instead of \/index.php?route=product\/product&amp;product_id=123).<\/p>\n<p>The platform also allows you to manually set meta titles and descriptions, which play an important role in Google rankings. This makes it SEO-friendly to some extent, with approximately 50-60% of the required technical foundation already covered from the start.<\/p>\n<p>However, without additional configuration, OpenCart often allows issues that can negatively affect organic traffic. Duplicate content, missing canonical tags, limited support for structured data, and inefficient URL structures are just some of the obstacles online store owners may face.<\/p>\n<p>OpenCart\u2019s true SEO potential is unlocked only after professional configuration.<\/p>\n<h2>7 Common SEO Mistakes in OpenCart and How to Fix Them<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3208f5c3 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3208f5c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/createx.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/opencart-sait-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35687\" alt=\"OpenCart-sait-1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/createx.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/opencart-sait-1.webp 850w, https:\/\/createx.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/opencart-sait-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/createx.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/opencart-sait-1-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-dce-text-color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40378640 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40378640\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Although OpenCart provides a certain technical foundation for SEO, the reality is that without targeted optimization, critical mistakes can easily occur and negatively affect the website\u2019s rankings. Below are some of the most common issues, based on real cases from the experience of the <a href=\"https:\/\/createx.bg\/en\/\" style=\"color: #FF0558 !important;\">CreateX.bg<\/a> digital agency team, along with effective ways to resolve them:<\/p>\n<h3>1. Duplicate Content<\/h3>\n<p>Causes: Filters, sorting options, IDs in URLs, and duplicate product pages accessible through different URLs can create multiple versions of the same page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Configure the correct canonical tags for all page variations;<\/li>\n<li>Limit parameter-based indexing through Google Search Console;<\/li>\n<li>Use noindex for filter and sorting pages that provide no SEO value.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Incorrect or Missing Canonical Markup<\/h3>\n<p>Problem: Many OpenCart themes and modules automatically add canonical tags, but they often duplicate them or point them incorrectly, for example to the homepage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use only one SEO module that adds canonical tags correctly;<\/li>\n<li>Manually review key pages and check them using \u201cView Source\u201d and Google Rich Results Test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. URL Structure<\/h3>\n<p>Problem: Without the SEO URL feature enabled, URLs appear in a technical format (index.php?route=\u2026), which is harmful both for rankings and user experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enable SEO URLs from the admin panel;<\/li>\n<li>Make sure mod_rewrite is enabled on the server;<\/li>\n<li>Remove index.php and optimize the slugs of products and categories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Duplicate Meta Titles and Descriptions<\/h3>\n<p>Problem: Large online stores often use templated meta tags that are repeated, especially for products with the same structure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create customized templates with dynamic variables (e.g. {product_name} &#8211; Buy Online);<\/li>\n<li>Manually optimize key categories and top-performing products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. Duplicate Structured Data<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1037b950 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1037b950\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/createx.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/optimizaciya-na-opencart.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35688\" alt=\"Optimizaciya-na-OpenCart\" srcset=\"https:\/\/createx.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/optimizaciya-na-opencart.webp 850w, https:\/\/createx.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/optimizaciya-na-opencart-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/createx.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/optimizaciya-na-opencart-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-dce-text-color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-254fc112 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"254fc112\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Some OpenCart websites contain duplicate structured data. This can happen when the theme, SEO module, and product logic all add their own markup. As a result, a single page may contain three separate structured data blocks (for example, JSON-LD and microdata), which can lead to conflicts or warnings in Google Search Console.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check the page\u2019s source HTML and remove duplicate scripts;<\/li>\n<li>Use only one method &#8211; most commonly JSON-LD from a reliable SEO module;<\/li>\n<li>Test all product pages with <a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/test\/rich-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"color: #FF0558 !important;\">Google Rich Results Test<\/a> to validate the syntax and avoid duplication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>6. Unoptimized robots.txt and sitemap.xml<\/h3>\n<p>Problem: By default, OpenCart does not generate a fully optimized sitemap and uses a generic robots.txt file that often does not meet SEO requirements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use a module for a dynamic sitemap in XML format that is compatible with Google;<\/li>\n<li>Customize robots.txt so that it blocks crawling of technical pages and references the correct sitemap.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>7. Migration or Redesign Issues<\/h3>\n<p>Problem: During migration to a new version or a redesign, indexed URLs are often lost, redirects are missing, and rankings can drop significantly.<\/p>\n<p>Solution:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Develop an SEO strategy before the migration begins;<\/li>\n<li>Create an archive of all URLs and set up 301 redirects;<\/li>\n<li>After the migration, validate indexation in Google Search Console and review robots.txt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Want to see how these principles are applied in practice? Take a look at a real example of an <a href=\"https:\/\/createx.bg\/en\/project\/dikam-d-createx\/\" style=\"color: #FF0558 !important;\">OpenCart SEO migration &#8211; Dikam<\/a>, where the transition to a new version was completed without any loss of organic traffic.<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>SEO optimization for OpenCart requires attention to a wide range of technical details that are often underestimated. Even seemingly small mistakes can lead to lost rankings and traffic, especially in competitive niches.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to emphasize that technical optimization is not only relevant for large online stores. On the contrary, for small and medium-sized businesses, it can be the key factor that makes the difference between simply \u201chaving a website\u201d and having a fully functioning online store that attracts customers.<\/p>\n<p>If you are not sure how to apply SEO best practices to OpenCart, or you simply want to make sure everything is set up properly, trust an experienced team. Creating real value in organic search requires strategy, consistency, and expertise.<\/p>\n<p>Contact the CreateX team for a <a href=\"https:\/\/createx.bg\/en\/services\/seo-geo\/consulting-and-strategy\/\" style=\"color: #FF0558 !important;\">technical SEO audit<\/a>, consultation, or complete optimization of your OpenCart store. We are here to help your business get discovered &#8211; by the right people, at the right time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-dce-background-color=\"#07061C\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69158bd5 e-con-full faq-section-check acf-hide-if-empty acf-section e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"69158bd5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7146200b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7146200b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-672da1ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"672da1ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c84d846 acf-watch elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1c84d846\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d915049 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d915049\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7defa2b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"7defa2b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;expanded&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2110\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" open>\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2110\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Why Are Canonical Tags Important? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"64px\" height=\"64px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24.00 24.00\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#ffffff\"><g id=\"SVGRepo_bgCarrier\" stroke-width=\"0\" transform=\"translate(0,0), scale(1)\"><rect x=\"0\" y=\"0\" width=\"24.00\" height=\"24.00\" rx=\"1.44\" fill=\"#FF0558\"><\/rect><\/g><g id=\"SVGRepo_tracerCarrier\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke=\"#CCCCCC\" stroke-width=\"0.336\"><\/g><g id=\"SVGRepo_iconCarrier\"><path d=\"M15.75 13.5L12 9.75L8.25 13.5\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" stroke-width=\"0.4800000000000001\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"64px\" height=\"64px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24.00 24.00\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" transform=\"rotate(180)\"><g id=\"SVGRepo_bgCarrier\" stroke-width=\"0\" transform=\"translate(0,0), scale(1)\"><rect x=\"0\" y=\"0\" width=\"24.00\" height=\"24.00\" rx=\"1.44\" fill=\"#FF0558\"><\/rect><\/g><g id=\"SVGRepo_tracerCarrier\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke=\"#CCCCCC\" stroke-width=\"0.336\"><\/g><g id=\"SVGRepo_iconCarrier\"><path d=\"M15.75 13.5L12 9.75L8.25 13.5\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" stroke-width=\"0.4800000000000001\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2110\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a05f83f e-con-full faq-item-check  e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4a05f83f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2110\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72b77504 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"72b77504\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10f1c460 acf-watch elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10f1c460\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canonical tags help Google understand which version of a page is the primary one when there is duplicate content. Without them, search engines may index the wrong version or split authority across several duplicate pages, which hurts rankings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2111\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2111\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Should every OpenCart store use a sitemap.xml? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"64px\" height=\"64px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24.00 24.00\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#ffffff\"><g id=\"SVGRepo_bgCarrier\" stroke-width=\"0\" transform=\"translate(0,0), scale(1)\"><rect x=\"0\" y=\"0\" width=\"24.00\" height=\"24.00\" rx=\"1.44\" fill=\"#FF0558\"><\/rect><\/g><g id=\"SVGRepo_tracerCarrier\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke=\"#CCCCCC\" stroke-width=\"0.336\"><\/g><g id=\"SVGRepo_iconCarrier\"><path d=\"M15.75 13.5L12 9.75L8.25 13.5\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" stroke-width=\"0.4800000000000001\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"64px\" height=\"64px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24.00 24.00\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" transform=\"rotate(180)\"><g id=\"SVGRepo_bgCarrier\" stroke-width=\"0\" transform=\"translate(0,0), scale(1)\"><rect x=\"0\" y=\"0\" width=\"24.00\" height=\"24.00\" rx=\"1.44\" fill=\"#FF0558\"><\/rect><\/g><g id=\"SVGRepo_tracerCarrier\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke=\"#CCCCCC\" stroke-width=\"0.336\"><\/g><g id=\"SVGRepo_iconCarrier\"><path d=\"M15.75 13.5L12 9.75L8.25 13.5\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" stroke-width=\"0.4800000000000001\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2111\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1069d905 e-con-full faq-item-check e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1069d905\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2111\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-389babdf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"389babdf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7845be14 acf-watch elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7845be14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes. The sitemap file facilitates the crawling of the site by search engines by providing them with a complete list of important pages. This is especially important for larger stores or those with a frequently changing product catalog.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2112\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2112\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What to do in case of traffic loss after site migration? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"64px\" height=\"64px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24.00 24.00\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#ffffff\"><g id=\"SVGRepo_bgCarrier\" stroke-width=\"0\" transform=\"translate(0,0), scale(1)\"><rect x=\"0\" y=\"0\" width=\"24.00\" height=\"24.00\" rx=\"1.44\" fill=\"#FF0558\"><\/rect><\/g><g id=\"SVGRepo_tracerCarrier\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke=\"#CCCCCC\" stroke-width=\"0.336\"><\/g><g id=\"SVGRepo_iconCarrier\"><path d=\"M15.75 13.5L12 9.75L8.25 13.5\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" stroke-width=\"0.4800000000000001\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"64px\" height=\"64px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24.00 24.00\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" transform=\"rotate(180)\"><g id=\"SVGRepo_bgCarrier\" stroke-width=\"0\" transform=\"translate(0,0), scale(1)\"><rect x=\"0\" y=\"0\" width=\"24.00\" height=\"24.00\" rx=\"1.44\" fill=\"#FF0558\"><\/rect><\/g><g id=\"SVGRepo_tracerCarrier\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke=\"#CCCCCC\" stroke-width=\"0.336\"><\/g><g id=\"SVGRepo_iconCarrier\"><path d=\"M15.75 13.5L12 9.75L8.25 13.5\" stroke=\"#ffffff\" stroke-width=\"0.4800000000000001\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2112\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75117150 e-con-full faq-item-check e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"75117150\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2112\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-616a20f3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"616a20f3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26aa8583 acf-watch elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26aa8583\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First, check whether the old URL addresses are correctly redirected via 301 redirects. 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