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URLs with Underscores

Priority: None

Impact: Neutral

What issues it may cause

Google segments URLs to understand the context however they are unable to split on underscores.

How do you fix it

Review the URL formats and consider switching to hyphen separators.

What is the positive impact

The URLs may rank for fewer search terms.

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 GetReportStatForCrawl(
$crawlId: ObjectID!
$reportTemplateCode: String!
$after: String
) {
getReportStat(
input: {crawlId: $crawlId, reportTemplateCode: $reportTemplateCode}
) {
crawlUrls(after: $after, reportType: Basic) {
nodes {
pageTitle
url
description
foundAtUrl
deeprank
level
urlContainsUnderscores
httpStatusCode
foundInGoogleAnalytics
foundInGoogleSearchConsole
foundInBacklinks
foundInList
foundInLogSummary
foundInWebCrawl
foundInSitemap
}
totalCount
pageInfo {
endCursor
hasNextPage
}
}
}
}

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