: Do URL parameters create different URLs from Google's SEO perspective? I have the following 4 URLs. Are all these the same URL or different URLs from Google's SEO perspective? (Having a different

@Heady270

100% different URLs from Google's SEO perspective. All you have to do is just use the canonicalization process to consider all those URLs into single URL.

Canonicalization is the process of redirecting the duplicate URLs to the original URL to avoid the copy content issue. You can either use the HT Access redirect method or use your hosting Cpanel redirect option.

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@Holmes151

Yes, those are all different URLs and are therefore different from Google's SEO perspective.

However, if these URLs return the same content then you need to canonicalise the URL by setting a <link rel="canonical" ... element in the head section of the relevant HTML document. This is to ensure that only the canonical URL is returned in the search results.

Within Google Search Console (GSC), you can also tell Google which URL parameters to ignore (if you are unable to set the canonical URL). However, this only informs Google, you may still want to consider other search engines.

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