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Hey there,
As you may know, online stores provide many ways to display product variants. Consumers love being able to click to view different colors, sizes, materials, and so on.
You’ve probably seen a product variant URL. It includes the “?” symbol followed by a string of information.
Like this:
store.com/t-shirt/mens?color=red_size=medium_shipping=free
Everything after the question mark is called a query argument, or query arg for short.
While they’re great for shoppers, query arg URLs can create SEO problems.
- If the variant pages get indexed by search engines, your product page ranking may be diluted.
- Google may interpret the variants as duplicate content.
So how do you prevent query args from getting indexed yet keep all those wonderful product variants available for shoppers to browse?
Solution: Query Arg Monitor 🤖
Today, I’m happy to share that we’ve solved this problem with our new Query Arg Monitor feature.
- AIOSEO now logs your site’s query args.
- You can easily choose which ones you want to block.
Blocking will strip the query arg from the URL. This means site visitors can still click on product variants and view them, but the URL won’t change.
You can find the new Query Arg Monitor feature under Search Appearance » Advanced.
📣 Check out our announcement and find out more. 📣
Previously AIOSEO allowed users to strip all query args by default. We’ve removed this feature because it can cause conflicts with other plugins whose functionality relies on query args.
Query Arg Monitor gives you a precise way of handling these URLs without causing plugin conflicts.
Changelog
Don’t forget to visit our changelog to view all the recent updates to the plugin.
I trust that you’ll find the Query Arg Monitor to be helpful. I value your feedback. It helps us plan improvements to AIOSEO. Simply reply to this email. Thank you!
And thank you for helping us make AIOSEO the world’s best WordPress SEO plugin.
We appreciate your support!
To higher rankings,
Benjamin Rojas
President, All in One SEO
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