Double Encoded URLs
Priority: Low
Impact: Negative
What issues it may cause
Search engines will index double encoded URLs, however there may be instances where the same page is found with single encoding resulting in duplicate content issues and wasted crawl budget.
How do you fix it
Identify if the URLs are created by malformed encoding of internal links in which case the links to the URL should be corrected to use single encoding.
What is the positive impact
- Search engines may index multiple copies of the same page resulting in dilution of authority.
- Crawling resources may be wasted which could impact the discovery of other URLs
- Search engines may not select the preferred URL format.
How to fetch the data for this report template
You will need to run a crawl for report template to generate report. When report has been generated and you have crawl id you can fetch data for the report using the following query:
- Query
- Variables
- cURL
query GetReportForCrawl($crawlId: ObjectID!, $reportTemplateCode: String!) {
getCrawl(id: $crawlId) {
reportsByCode(
input: {
reportTypeCodes: Basic
reportTemplateCodes: [$reportTemplateCode]
}
) {
rows {
nodes {
... on CrawlUrls {
pageTitle
url
description
foundAtUrl
deeprank
level
urlDoubleEncoded
httpStatusCode
foundInGoogleAnalytics
foundInGoogleSearchConsole
foundInBacklinks
foundInList
foundInLogSummary
foundInWebCrawl
foundInSitemap
}
}
}
}
}
}
{"crawlId":"TjAwNUNyYXdsNDAwMA","reportTemplateCode":"double_encoded_urls"}
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "apollographql-client-name: docs-example-client" -H "apollographql-client-version: 1.0.0" -H "x-auth-token: YOUR_API_SESSION_TOKEN" --data '{"query":"query GetReportForCrawl($crawlId: ObjectID!, $reportTemplateCode: String!) { getCrawl(id: $crawlId) { reportsByCode( input: { reportTypeCodes: Basic reportTemplateCodes: [$reportTemplateCode] } ) { rows { nodes { ... on CrawlUrls { pageTitle url description foundAtUrl deeprank level urlDoubleEncoded httpStatusCode foundInGoogleAnalytics foundInGoogleSearchConsole foundInBacklinks foundInList foundInLogSummary foundInWebCrawl foundInSitemap } } } } } }","variables":{"crawlId":"TjAwNUNyYXdsNDAwMA","reportTemplateCode":"double_encoded_urls"}}' https://api.lumar.io/graphql