March 28, 2022  SEONews

Google Sunsetting URL Parameters Tool Next Month – Search Engine Journal


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Google is sunsetting the URL Parameters tool in Search Console next month, the company confirms in an announcement today.

There’s no action required for current users of the tool, Google states.

That means you no longer need to do anything to specify the function of URL parameters on your site.

The URL Parameters tool gave people the ability to specify how certain parameters affect the content on their site.

Now, Google’s crawlers will learn how to deal with URL parameters automatically.

In other words, there’s no need for the URL Parameters tool anymore.

Gary Illyes of Google’s Search Relations team explains the tool was introduced over a decade ago as a solution for a “wilder” time in the web’s history.

“When the URL Parameters tool launched in 2009 in Search Console’s predecessor, Webmaster Tools, the…

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