Improper Permalink Structure?

prodon

prodon

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In my GSC -> pages section, there are permalinks that I have never created, for example – ?filter=random, index.php, etc. How to stop them from creating as these links are giving me a 404 error. I have already changed the permalink structure of the site to post name. I am using RankMath and redirect all 404 page errors to my site homepage but then, I am getting ‘Page with redirect’ and Alternative page with proper canonical tag issue in GSC. Does anyone have any solution?

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gregstereo said:
To prevent unwanted URLs like "?filter=random" from appearing in Google Search Console, use robots.txt to disallow crawling of parameters or implement URL parameter handling in GSC settings.
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Can you guide me on how to do this? Also, will any feature of my site will be affected if I will block these URLs?
 
Probably a hidden 'sort by' function with anchor tags within the source code, these anchor tags should be rel="nofollow" or removed completely, blocking them within robots.txt would help but they never should be created in the first place if they lead to a 404. It's better to fix the issue by fixing the source of the inlinks.
 
gregstereo said:
Blocking unwanted URLs like "?filter=random" in robots.txt or GSC won't affect your site's core features but may improve site health by preventing irrelevant pages from appearing in search results.
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Can you please guide me how to do it
 
jorun said:
Probably a hidden 'sort by' function with anchor tags within the source code, these anchor tags should be rel="nofollow" or removed completely, blocking them within robots.txt would help but they never should be created in the first place if they lead to a 404. It's better to fix the issue by fixing the source of the inlinks.
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What changes do I need to make to block them?
 
prodon said:
What changes do I need to make to block them?
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Personally I would fix the source of the inlinks (if they were never meant to be generated), but if you want to disallow them in the robots.txt you can use:

Code: 
user-agent: *
disallow: /*?filter=

Like mentioned above, it's better to fix the source and Google will eventually not crawl the links anymore if it is a 404

To do this you can use Screaming Frog or search console to find the source, but the source is likely the URL without /?filter=... then -> view the page source -> search for "?filter=" -> find where these links are generated -> remove code block from the code editor of your site or add rel="nofollow" to the anchor tags if you want to use them in the future.
 
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