GET parameters not removed from link

Hello @yworld

Thank you for support topic, social media reference parameters should not be indexed, as they are generated on those social media sites or when users clicks on links shared on social media

The google bots will visits your site directly from sitemap your submitted so they should not have any refernce parameters like fbclid.

It will be best to check if you canonical link has those parameters as your AMP version will only retain them.

Also can you please send us example URL and steps to reproduce the issue so we can further investigate the issue.

Hope this helps!

Hello @milindmore22

screenshot from console https://prnt.sc/S94zWe4XrpKn

Link example (link from facebook):

https://worldwebinfo.ru/life/astrology/ezhednevnye-goroskopy/goroskop-na-15-fevralya-2022-goda.html?fbclid=IwAR1bfUAMR5zt8BZvjVb4qTY5OaBMR7Zcai1r591qckaNCFgL786yR6r2J6o

If you follow the link everything is visible in the page code, you can add parameters to any site, with any type of link, and they will amphtml. Google indexes them.

The number of links with different parameters changes, sometimes more, sometimes less

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Hello @yworld

I will check if we encountered any previous incidents similar to this, I will also recommend contacting your SEO plugin’s support since they are responsible for site’s SEO.

You can always remove those URL’s from search console by visiting Removals menu.

Hello @milindmore22
A plugin (SEO or whatever) has nothing to do with it, even if everything is disabled. Parameters remain in the tag. rel=”amphtml”

It is generated by your plugin and there seems to be no filtering by parameters, but I superficially looked at the plugin files.

Easy to check. On any site, with any set of plugins. Add parameters to the link and look in the tag rel=”amphtml”.
In rel=”canonical” the exact address without parameters.

In any case, thanks for your attention to the issue. Strange, but Google indexes such page addresses.

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Hello @yworld

AMP plugin retains the URL parameters that are already present on canonical URL (non-AMP) it doesn’t add them specifically for AMP page except ?amp

So if you enter ?abc=123 in your URL or a link with parameter it will retain url in amphtml link tag as ?amp&abc=123

Hello @milindmore22

Sorry, I did not immediately understand, the plugin is not to blame. Google indexes the first link it comes across on a social network if another one isn’t already in the index. The rules in .htaccess solve the problem.

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)&?fbclid=[^&]+&?(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ /$1?%1%2 [R=301,L]

Thank you for your support and sorry for the bother.

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Good to know you found the solution thanks for sharing it, it will be helpful for someone who encounter similar issue, I’ll mark this as resolved Open a new support topic if you face further issues, also feel free to leave a plugin review, we would love to hear your feedback.

I have an issue on my website, not similar but relevant, Since december i have started noticing that fbclid parameter is being appended on to the paginated urls in the blog. These are being indexed heavily by google. i can see them under ” indexed, not submitted in sitemap” block. How to solve it. Does the rewrite rules provided here solve the issue of this kind.

https://prnt.sc/Xr21X58R2Va7
https://prnt.sc/N6zSAfAW1W7c

@jahnavimalyala
With fbclid decides.

I didn’t get you. Could you please elaborate.

@jahnavimalyala

How to solve it. Does the rewrite rules provided here solve the issue of this kind.

Yes, they solve this problem

Should the rules be added before # BEGIN WordPress section in htaccess or after # END WordPress. Are there any begin and end tags that should be included while using these rules

@jahnavimalyala

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)&?fbclid=[^&]+&?(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ /$1?%1%2 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

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Thanks for sharing the solution @yworld