Google On SEO Impact Of URLs Injected Into HTML By CMS Platforms
Google's John Mueller addressed concerns regarding random internal URLs automatically generated by CMS platforms like Squarespace. He advised SEO professionals to ignore these links, stating they do not negatively impact search visibility.
Why it matters
It clarifies technical SEO concerns for website managers using closed-source platforms, preventing unnecessary troubleshooting for non-issues.
Google's John Mueller explains the SEO impact of random URLs injected by CMS platforms into the raw HTML of web pages.
SEJ STAFF Roger Montti 11 hours ago ⋅ 5 min read SEJ STAFF Roger Montti Owner - Martinibuster.com at Martinibuster.com Bio Follow 710 READS Google's John Mueller answered a question on Reddit about a link to an internal web page that was automatically created by Squarespace, a closed-source platform. The link to the web page was also blocked from crawling by robots.txt, apparently serving no purpose for the Redditor's client. The person asking the question was frustrated because the CMS didn't allow editing to remove the link and was concerned about SEO issues caused by this rogue internal link.
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