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Will the following urls will be considered as two different urls?
1. www.example.com/key=value1& key2=value2
2. www.example.com/key2=value2 & key=value1
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Those URLs will be seen as different, but the real question is will the content on those URLs be viewed as different, or do you need a canonical tag.
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Yes, this would be different URLs. As Rishi mentioned if it returns a 200 status it is a different URL.
It may be worth looking at those values and adding canonical tags or making sure your URLs are always filling in properly. i.e. value1 is always before value2.
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www.example.com/key2=value2&key=value1
www.example.com/key=value1& key2=value2As long as the URLs can be reached with a status 200 on either permutation, then it would be seen as a distinct URL.
From an SEO standpoint, depends on the semantic set up and content variation.
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