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Need help understanding search filter URL's and meta tags
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Good afternoon Mozzers,
One of our clients is a real estate agent and on that site there is a search field that will allow a person to search by filtered categories. Currently, the URL structure makes a new URL for each filter option and in my Moz reports I get the report that there is missing meta data. However, the page is the same the filter options are different so I am at a loss as to how to proper tag our site to optimize those URL's. Can I rel canonical the URL's or alt rel them?
I have been looking for a solution for a few days now and like I said I am at a loss of how to properly resolve these warning messages, or if I should even be concerned with the warning messages from Moz (obviously I should be concerned, they are warning messages for a reason).
Thank you for your assistance in advance!
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Thank you Moosa, I really appreciate the help!
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I believe what you are saying is that every time, someone search for property, every new filter creates a new URL on runtime.
If this is the case, my advice is to exclude the search URLs from the index or rewrite the URL to make it one URL for all searches.
For instance, instead of new URLs on every filter, try to make a single URL for search like http://www.domain.com/seach.php. This way, the URL for the search will be similar for all the search combinations.
Hope this helps!
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