[ABTEST-541] Variants are visible in Google Created: 17/Feb/23  Updated: 14/Apr/23

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Project: A/B Testing
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Type: Bug Priority: Neutral
Reporter: Laura Delnevo Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Unresolved Votes: 1
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 Description   

Searching google for something, I discovered that this page is still indexed by Google, it shouldn’t be

Steps to reproduce

https://www.magnolia-cms.com/get-started/demo/abTestVariants/variant-A.html

Expected results

Variants are not showing up in Google

Actual results

the A/B/N testing should apply a noindex to the variant automatically, or the page should have it there is no active test for this example in our author:
https://author.prod.corp-webpre.magnolia-platform.com/.magnolia/admincentral#app:abn-testing:browser

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 Comments   
Comment by Michael Schneider [ 01/Mar/23 ]

Hi ldelnevo & aichimescu 

Additional input in relation to this issue:

 

We did see a couple of variants for the same white paper landing page, in total 1 original and 2 variants: 

https://www.magnolia-cms.com/library.html?inputSearch=choosing 
 

Original:
https://www.magnolia-cms.com/library/whitepapers/choosing-a-cms-for-the-future-of-ecommerce.html

Variants:
https://www.magnolia-cms.com/library/whitepapers/choosing-a-cms-for-the-future-of-ecommerce/abTestVariants/variant-A.html
https://www.magnolia-cms.com/library/whitepapers/choosing-a-cms-for-the-future-of-ecommerce/abTestVariants/variant-B.html
 

Seems like there are some tests or AB test variants stuck in the public; the content is out of sync.
About the A/B/n test, I think I stopped the tests from running, and this specific one I deleted because I hoped to remove the variant card teaser from the overview page. I don´t remember the name of the test, but something like what the white paper is called for sure.
 

Thanks,

Michi

Comment by Michael Schneider [ 13/Apr/23 ]

Hi ldelnevo & aichimescu ,

did you guys have a chance to look into this again?

We still facing issues with this problem: https://magnolia-cms.slack.com/archives/CDEAF5JE4/p1681374970703459 

Thanks,

Michi

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