FOX 'official sites' broken

Magitroopa wrote 3 months ago: 1

So for those who don't know, FOX recently (1 week ago; August 21) launched their own streaming service, FOX One. What I was not expecting, unfortunately, with this new streaming service, is a massive overhaul of the FOX website.

To explain it simply, the website used to just be regarding FOX and have all its shows listed, serving as the main website for FOX:

https://archive.ph/0clue

Now, it essentially serves as the 'buy now'/overview site for FOX One, rather than having two separate things (FOX website vs. FOX One website):

https://archive.ph/roN7H

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With that in mind, some shows appear to still have their current URLs redirecting properly to the new URL, such as The Masked Singer and Family Guy, but I've already come across where for whatever (stupid) reason, the URL does not appear to be redirecting to the new URL. There may be (and likely is) others that no longer work, but currently, I've come across:

6. Lego Masters Jr.

7. The Quiz with Balls

With these, and likely others no longer working, would there be any quick/mass way of checking/correcting URLs that no longer work from FOX? Or do we need to check each show 1-by-1 to fix these up now?

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Also, just to show the links for properly redirecting URLs from above (AKA that don't need to be changed)...

The Masked Singer: https://fox.com/the-masked-singer/ redirects to https://www.fox.com/detail/series/SER000878XWTP/the-masked-singer

Family Guy: https://www.fox.com/family-guy/ redirects to https://www.fox.com/detail/series/SER000854XOPZ/family-guy

I have no idea if that would be helpful at all in figuring all of this out, but just as some examples of original URL vs. new URL, there you go.

david wrote 3 months ago: 1

How long ago did they change their website?

tallanvor wrote 3 months ago: 1

@david wrote:
How long ago did they change their website?

Seems that Fox One launched on the 21st. Not exactly sure when the website must have changed, though. It's odd that some shows are redirecting and others aren't, so I wouldn't be surprised if they setup redirects for at least some of the rest, but as to how quickly....

Magitroopa wrote 3 months ago: 1

What's also interesting to note is that there are two variations (currently) of the URLs not working...

1. As seen in the current URLs for The Simpsons and MasterChef, the links will redirect to a FOX One "Sorry, there was a problem" page, stating, "We seem to be having trouble loading this page. But don't worry, you can return home at your convenience."

2. As seen in the current URLs for Name That Tune and The Quiz with Balls, the links will lead to an entirely empty page, aside from text stating, "I am sorry but this content no longer exists. Please go to www.fox.com"

Sigh... why does FOX need to... FOX everything up?...

david wrote 3 months ago: 2

Very weird. Not having a redirect in place is very bad for SEO, so you would expect that they'll still fix it. Perhaps give it a bit more time before doing the work on our end.