Google Nonetheless Says Do Not Use Commas, Brackets Or Different Non Normal URL Encoding For Faceted Navigation

Google’s John Mueller confirmed that the search firm’s 2014 steerage with faceted navigation stays true at this time – don’t use non-standard URL encoding. Which means don’t use commas, brackets or different non-standard URL encoding in your URL construction.

As an alternative, use ampersands, equal indicators, hyphens or different supported and commonplace URL encoded URLs on your fascinated navigation. This steerage is listed in Google’s weblog submit from 2014, here’s a screenshot:

John stated on Twitter it’s “nonetheless a nasty thought” to make use of non-standard URL encoding for this function:

Yep, nonetheless a nasty thought.

— 🐄 John 🐄 (@JohnMu) January 11, 2022

I nonetheless see many websites utilizing these strategies – I ponder why…

Discussion board dialogue at Twitter.