Element Code: IN-040
Quick Reference
Issue: Form uses GET creating indexable URLs
Impact: May index search results
Fix: Consider noindex or POST
Detection: HTML inspection
What Is This Issue?
GET forms create crawlable URLs.
Why This Matters
Can index many result pages.
How to Fix
- Use POST for searches
- Or noindex results
Tools
- HTML check: Form method
TL;DR
Use POST for search forms or noindex result pages.
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