Google is accidently indexing query string URLs parameters of causing my website

  • Resolved maham468

    (@maham468)


    1 year, 10 months ago

    Hello,

    Google is currently indexing query strings URLs of my website. Google has currently indexed almost 112k URLs that all are duplicate version of other URLs causing my website to slow down and negaitvilty effecting my SEO.

    The structure of query strings url is as follows: https://example.com?te=6.18.1346158.4.18.76.huffy+blue+and+white+bike

    I have contacted search community earlier and they have suggested me to add no index meta tags in my .htacces file with the following code

    <If "%{QUERY_STRING} =~ /te=/"> Header set X-Robots-Tag noindex </If>

    Also, I have tried it using robot.txt file to block those urls but no relief.

    It’s been two weeks since I added this code on my .htacces file in my cpanel but still google is indexing those qyery strings parameter URLs.

    I am unable to figure out what’s the issue please suggest me a possible solution for this as it hitting my website tremendously day by day ??

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  • Plugin Support Rank Math Support

    (@rankmathteam)

    Hello @maham468,

    Thank you for contacting support.

    The first thing to do is check that the noindex is getting applied correctly to such pages and for that, you can check the pages with this test: https://view.hugo-decoded.be/

    If you see that those pages have the noindex tag then there’s nothing else to do other than wait for Google to start de-indexing those pages from your website.

    Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any other questions.

    Thread Starter maham468

    (@maham468)

    Hello, I have checked those pages.

    They have a no index tags but when I view them in my google search console they are still shown in the indexed tab.

    There are now 200K indexed URLs shown in my search console I don’t know when google will stop indexing them:(

    Plugin Support Rank Math Support

    (@rankmathteam)

    Hello @maham468,

    If they have the noindex tag, you need to wait for Google to start de-indexing those pages.

    This process takes weeks, and it’s a very slow process so you need to be patient with the situation.

    Thank you.

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