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: Massive URLs being recorded due to search redirects - are bots going into a loop and slowing down website I'm looking at a client's website and using Screaming Frog to give a general analysis

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I'm looking at a client's website and using Screaming Frog to give a general analysis and it is recording massively long URLs due to what I think are search redirects - see Example below.

I'm concerned that it could be using up resource bandwidth and leading to slowing the website down. I'm assuming there is an issue with the form being used - see below - but what is likely to be the cause? and is it an easy fix - unfortunately I don't have access to the code but at least I can pass on the info for the developer to sort.

Example
example.co.uk/directory/example-product-number-one/??search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&search-redirect=true&make=car&model=all&min-price=all&max-price=all&body-style=all&transmission=all&colour=all&retailer-location=all

Note: This is actually a shortened version of the URL

This is the form

<form id="uc-search" method="GET" action="https://example.co.uk/used-product-search/">
<input type="hidden" name="order-by" value="ID">
<input type="hidden" name="order" value="asc">

<select name="make" class="select-make">
<option value="all">All makes</option>
<option value="bish">Bish</option>
<option value="bash">Bash</option>
<option value="boogie">Boogie</option>
<option value="other-stuff">Other Stuff</option>
</select>

<select>
<option value="all">All models</option>
<option value="bish-1">Bish-1</option>
<option value="bish-2">Bish-2</option>
<option value="bish-3">Bish-3</option>
<option value="bish-4">Bish-4</option>
<option value="bish-5">Bish-5</option>
<option value="bish-6">Bish-6</option>
</select>

<select>
<option value="all">All models</option>
<option value="bash-1">Bash-1</option>
<option value="bash-2">Bash-2</option>
<option value="bash-3">Bash-3</option>
<option value="bash-4">Bash-4</option>
<option value="bash-5">Bash-5</option>
<option value="bash-6">Bash-6</option>
</select>

<select>
<option value="all">All models</option>
<option value="boogie-1">Boogie-1</option>
<option value="boogie-2">Boogie-2</option>
<option value="boogie-3">Boogie-3</option>
<option value="boogie-4">Boogie-4</option>
<option value="boogie-5">Boogie-5</option>
<option value="boogie-6">Boogie-6</option>
</select>

<select>
<option value="all">All models</option>
<option value="other-stuff-1">other-stuff-1</option>
<option value="other-stuff-2">other-stuff-2</option>
<option value="other-stuff-3">other-stuff-3</option>
<option value="other-stuff-4">other-stuff-4</option>
<option value="other-stuff-5">other-stuff-5</option>
<option value="other-stuff-6">other-stuff-6</option>
</select>

<select name="model" disabled>
<option value="all">All models</option>
</select>

<select name="min-price">
<option value="all">Min price</option>
<option value="10000">&pound;10,000</option>
<option value="20000">&pound;20,000</option>
<option value="30000">&pound;30,000</option>
<option value="40000">&pound;40,000</option>
<option value="50000">&pound;50,000</option>
<option value="60000">&pound;60,000</option>
<option value="70000">&pound;70,000</option>
<option value="80000">&pound;80,000</option>
<option value="90000">&pound;90,000</option>
<option value="100000">&pound;100,000</option>
<option value="110000">&pound;110,000</option>
<option value="120000">&pound;120,000</option>
</select>

<select name="max-price">
<option value="all">Max price</option>
<option value="10000">&pound;10,000</option>
<option value="20000">&pound;20,000</option>
<option value="30000">&pound;30,000</option>
<option value="40000">&pound;40,000</option>
<option value="50000">&pound;50,000</option>
<option value="60000">&pound;60,000</option>
<option value="70000">&pound;70,000</option>
<option value="80000">&pound;80,000</option>
<option value="90000">&pound;90,000</option>
<option value="100000">&pound;100,000</option>
<option value="110000">&pound;110,000</option>
<option value="120000">&pound;120,000</option>
</select>

<button type="submit" class="btn">Search</button>
</form>


TIA,
Kevin

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