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What's the best way to handle product filter URLs?

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RodneyRiley last edited by

I've been researching and can't find a clear cut answer. Imagine you have a product category page e.g.

domain/jeans

You've a lot of options as to how to filter the results

domain/jeans?=ladies,skinny,pink,10

or

domain/jeans/ladies-skinny-pink-10

or

domain/jeans/ladies/skinny?=pink,10

And in this how do you handle titles, breadcrumbs etc. Is the a way you prefer to handle filters and why do you do it that way?

I'm trying to make my mind up as some very big names handle this differently e.g.

http://www.next.co.uk/shop/gender-women-category-jeans/colour-pink-fit-skinny-size-10r

VS

https://www.matalan.co.uk/womens/shop-by-category/jeans?utf8=✓&[facet_filter][meta.tertiary_category][Skinny]=on&[facet_filter][variants.meta.size][Size+10]=on&[facet_filter][meta.master_colour][Midwash]=on&[facet_filter][min_current_price][gte]=6.0&[facet_filter][min_current_price][lte]=18.0&per=36&sort=
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davebuts last edited by

Hi Rodney,

Take a look at this article titled "Large Site SEO Basics: Faceted Navigation" by Serge Stefoglo: https://moz.com/blog/large-site-seo-basics-faceted-navigation

It covers what you want to know in great detail and discusses the various options for handling faceted navigation for SEO.

Cheers,

David
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