topic how to handle parameters links as a internal link in Content Strategy & SEO

how to handle parameters links as a internal link

mostafahaboba — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 16:41:53 GMT

We have a store, we established the products and their links like:
example.com/product/P_name?PID=1&CID=2

PID=Product ID
CID= Category ID

We established the products with these parameters and added these links as internal links to track them on Google Analytics

also, these links have a canonical to the non-parametrized links
example.com/product/P_name

but there's an issue: when the user enters the canonical links from Google, we can't track them because he enters the link without a parameter like this:
example.com/product/P_name

My question: does this criteria is ok for SEO?
or there're good alternatives for it.

please, give me the best practices in this case

Betreff: how to handle parameters links as a internal link

MiaSrebrnjak — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 12:58:10 GMT

Hi @mostafahaboba,

Thank you for reaching out to the Community!

I wanted to tag in a couple of subject matter experts to see if they have any input on this matter:

hi @Phil_Vallender, @Crystal_Hopper, @Indra, do you have any advice for @mostafahaboba? Thank you!

Cheers
Mia, Community Team

Re: how to handle parameters links as a internal link

DavidDennison — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:20:21 GMT

Well from an SEO standpoint those aren't very friendly URLs and would most likely hurt you, so I would chose another strategy.

Second, do you mind explaining what you mean by "adding them **bleep** internal links"?

Re: how to handle parameters links as a internal link

JamesWade — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 10:33:11 GMT

Here are the steps you can follow to handle parameters:

Identify the parameter link in your answer.
Highlight the words For example "security patrol services" in your answer.
Click the insert link button (usually represented by a chain icon) in your text editor.
In the URL field, enter the URL of the page you want to link to. In this case, it would be "www.example.com/?page_id=1234 ."
Click "Insert" or "OK" to create the link.
Preview your answer to make sure the link works correctly and the text is formatted as you intended.