As part of the Search Off The Record podcast from Google on crawling, which we briefly covered on Friday, Gary Illyes from Google said he is investigating ways for Google to handle URL parameters ...

URL parameters can create infinite URLs, causing crawl inefficiencies. E-commerce sites are most affected by this issue. Google is exploring solutions, including new algorithms and improved ...

Google recommends using "=" and "&" for URL parameters. Non-standard parameter formats like colons and commas should be avoided. While not directly impacting rankings, these guidelines help prevent ...

In 2009, Google launched the parameter handling feature of Google webmaster tools, which enabled site owners to specify the parameters on their site that were optional vs. required. A year later, they ...

Over the past couple of weeks, there has been an increase in complaints around Google Search listing URLs with the srsltid URL parameter tagged along to the URL, as the canonical URL in Google Search.

A new feature has appeared in the Site Configuration Settings Sections of Google Webmaster Tools. The setting, called Parameter Handling, enables site owners to specify up to 15 parameters that Google ...