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    • DGM
      DGM last edited by

      We are looking to implement Google Analytics Enhanced Link Attribution on our site.  Our tech person says that this will cause SEO problems because of "duplicate URLS."  I am not technical, so I don't understand this at all and can't find any research on the topic. I would like to know if there are any known SEO problems caused by putting in Enhanced Link Attribution.

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      • RyanPurkey
        RyanPurkey last edited by

        I think your tech might be missing something. When done properly, GA's Enhanced Link Attribution merely adds an attribute to the clicked internal link and sends along the information via Google Analytics. The content isn't seen as duplicate by Google in these cases and most people when linking to a specific page will use the address from the URL bar or some kind of sharing button.

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        • Martijn_Scheijbeler
          Martijn_Scheijbeler last edited by

          Ryan is absolutely right, Enhanced Link Attribution doesn't come even close to creating a problem for your SEO. It won't generate any URLs so you techie might be confusing this with another feature/ tool.

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