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    How can I stop my facets being crawled?

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    • BeckyKey
      BeckyKey last edited by

      Hi

      If my facets are being crawled, how can I stop this? Or  set them up so they are SEO friendly - this is new to me as I haven't had to deal with lots of facets in the past.

      Here's an example of a page on the site - https://www.key.co.uk/en/key/lift-tables

      Here's an example of a facet URL - https://www.key.co.uk/en/key/lift-tables#facet:-1002779711011711697110,-700000000000001001651484832107103,-700000000000001057452564832109109&productBeginIndex:0&orderBy:5&pageView:list&

      I've been trying to read up on URL parameters etc, I'm new to it so it's taking some time to understand

      Any advice would be great!

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        • Terakeet
          Terakeet last edited by

          Multi-faceted navigation is tricky as it duplicates ( as it's intended).  Reviewing the traffic and using the parameter handling tools within search console is a great way to see how Google is 'seeing' these URLs. I wouldn't recommend blocking them in the robots.txt if you do, these will still be indexed because they are linked to other URL's and Google will stumble upon them.

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          • MeganSingley
            MeganSingley last edited by

            Hi Becky! Do these responses help to answer your question or are you looking for more information? If you're good to go, please mark this as answered. Thanks!

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