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title: "#faceted-navigation — seo-mcp"
description: "SEO tips tagged Faceted Navigation."
url: "https://seo-mcp.io/tag/faceted-navigation"
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# #faceted-navigation

4 published tips tagged “Faceted Navigation”.

- [Fix crawl traps in filters and calendars](https://seo-mcp.io/t/fix-crawl-traps-in-filters-and-calendars) — Crawl traps are infinite URL spaces: calendars, sort combinations, session IDs and pagination that never ends. They starve real pages of discovery. Find them in Crawl stats, fix the link graph first, return 404 for out-of-range parameters, and block only the truly infinite spaces.
- [Handle faceted navigation with canonicals](https://seo-mcp.io/t/handle-faceted-navigation-with-canonicals) — Facets multiply URLs into thousands of near-duplicates. Decide which combinations deserve indexing, give those unique titles and copy with self-canonicals, and canonicalize the remainder to the closest indexable parent. Block infinite parameter spaces and monitor crawl stats for facet-heavy URLs.
- [Canonicalize filtered category URLs](https://seo-mcp.io/t/canonicalize-filtered-category-urls) — Filtered category URLs usually should not compete with the clean category page. Keep the base URL canonical and self-referencing, and canonicalize filter combinations to it unless a combination has its own demand and unique inventory. Never canonicalize to a blocked or missing URL.
- [Audit Googlebot crawl behavior with server logs to find crawl traps](https://seo-mcp.io/t/audit-googlebot-crawl-behavior-with-server-logs-to-find) — Server log analysis reveals how Googlebot actually spends crawl budget, exposing infinite URL spaces, thin faceted combinations and orphan pages that internal tools miss. The tip walks through filtering verified Googlebot requests, grouping them by URL pattern, then using robots rules, canonicals and internal links to redirect crawl attention toward pages that earn traffic.