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? in the URL - How it Effects SEO

by vijaygt2020
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What happens if the urls contain ?

Which url Does Google prefer? & Whats the difference
http://www.abc.com?page=1 and http://www.abc.com/page=1

Does the url ignored by google cause any duplicate page issue?
#effects #seo #url
  • Profile picture of the author Kevin Maguire
    Originally Posted by vijaygt2020 View Post

    What happens if the urls contain ?

    Which url Does Google prefer? & Whats the difference
    http://www.abc.com?page=1 and http://www.abc.com/page=1

    Does the url ignored by google cause any duplicate page issue?
    The /? is normally a url parameter created through site search, mobile site versions etc.. You can tell Google in Webmaster tools how to treat them, or you can no-index the variable on-site.
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    • Profile picture of the author nik0
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      Originally Posted by Kevin Maguire View Post

      The /? is normally a url parameter created through site search, mobile site versions etc.. You can tell Google in Webmaster tools how to treat them, or you can no-index the variable on-site.
      Anyway to noindex it using .htaccess or robots.txt?
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  • Profile picture of the author lynnsonya
    If you go through the above provided two links, the one with ? goes through the home page and the one with / goes to the specified path. Generally / helps to navigate through the different pages in the website. That portion of the URL ,after the ? is known as the query string. It is used to pass parameters into web applications.
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  • Profile picture of the author sandytuff
    Google will not accept (?) this type of parameter so use second one url that are very useful in the SEO point of view.

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  • Profile picture of the author JayantiSoftware
    Originally Posted by vijaygt2020 View Post

    What happens if the urls contain ?

    Which url Does Google prefer? & Whats the difference
    http://www.abc.com?page=1 and http://www.abc.com/page=1

    Does the url ignored by google cause any duplicate page issue?
    it is not acceptable by google if you are using ? and _ in your urls then it is not SEO friendly avoid this one....thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author elizaanderson
    Try to build user friendly as well as crawler friendly URL, which is always given high priority by Google. If you are using ?, % in your url, it will not be considered by Google and is also not good for your website. So the second one makes sense.
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  • Profile picture of the author LuckyIMer
    I suggest to use the slash version http://www.abc.com/page=1
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