Official statement
Avoid cluttering your site with unnecessary URLs such as event calendars from far in the past or category pages featuring every possible filter combination. Search engines may get bogged down and miss the URLs that truly matter to you.
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- □ Should you link your new products directly from the homepage in e-commerce?
- □ Why is mastering dynamic sites crucial for SEO?
- □ Why should you use sitemaps for SEO indexing?
- □ How does the URL Inspection Tool transform your SEO strategy?
- □ Why is your site's overall quality crucial for SEO?
- □ Why doesn't forced indexing ensure a strong SEO ranking?
- □ How does Google truly determine what qualifies as quality content in SEO?
Official statement from
(4 years ago)
⚠ A more recent statement exists on this topic
Should You Really Block Action URLs in Your Robots.txt File?
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TL;DR
Steer clear of excessive URLs like old event calendars. This can clutter search engines and harm the visibility of priority URLs.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Qu'est-ce qu'un crawl budget ?
C'est le nombre de pages qu'un moteur de recherche va explorer sur un site lors de chaque session de crawl.
Comment savoir si une URL est vraiment inutile ?
Vérifiez sa pertinence pour l'utilisateur et sa valeur ajoutée en termes de contenu et de SEO.
Supprimer des URLs peut-il affecter mon trafic ?
Oui, d'où l'importance d'analyser l'impact avant toute suppression et d'utiliser des redirections si nécessaire.
Les pages de filtres doivent-elles être indexées ?
Pas systématiquement. Indexez seulement les variantes qui apportent une vraie valeur utilisateur.
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