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Faceted Navigation or Parameter Crawl Trap on Shopify
URL parameters create a near-infinite number of crawlable URLs (faceted navigation, sort orders, filters). This wastes crawl budget and can cause duplicate content.
Issue ID: CRAWL-PARAM-TRAP-001Severity: majorEffort: M
Why this matters
URL parameters create a near-infinite number of crawlable URLs (faceted navigation, sort orders, filters). This wastes crawl budget and can cause duplicate content. This affects how clearly search engines understand the page and how persuasive it looks in search results.
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How to fix this on Shopify
Use theme settings, page settings, or theme code.
- 1Find the source of the issue in Shopify admin.
- 2Apply the change.
- 3Preview and publish.
After you fix it
- ✓Confirm parameter URLs are handled via canonical tags or disallowed in robots.txt
Same fix, other platforms
Fix faceted navigation or parameter crawl trap on a different CMS
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