Info Technical SEO
URL contains parameters
- Severity
- Info
- Impact
- Low
- Effort to fix
- Medium
- Issue code
url_parameters
Why it matters
Parameters can create many URLs for the same content and waste crawl budget.
How to fix it
Link to clean URLs where possible and use canonical tags on parameter variations.
How it affects your score
Info notices never lower any score. They are listed so you can confirm the behaviour is intended. A note for review. It never lowers the score.
Find the affected URLs
Open Crawl > Issues and pick URL contains parameters. Each affected URL is listed with its evidence, and Copy URLs or Export URLs hands the list to a developer. The issue also appears in the Action Plan, ranked by impact (low) and effort (medium), and in the issues CSV under the code url_parameters. After fixing, run a new audit and use Compare to confirm the URLs moved to fixed.