Handling SEO on suffix based URLS

[shubhankarb2742]

HI,

We have seen Sling provides suffix based URLS.

While going through the https://sling.apache.org/documentation/the-sling-engine/url-decomposition.html, i found the suffix parameters are useful to be used based on the requirement, where we want to check some condition based on the URL .

By using URL like http://www.example.com/content/project/main.html/suffix1/suffix2

But using the above URL , how dispatcher cache and SEO will get affected for the above page?

It will be helpful if i can get one solution for caching this kind of pages.

And most important whether this kind of pages are tracked by SEO?

Thanks

[shubhankarb2742]

Will these kind of URLs like http://exmaple.com/content/index.html/my/suffix.html be crawled by SEO crawler?

can anyone help me?

[smacdonald2008]

This community article talks about this subject:

http://cqblog.inside-solutions.ch/2014/04/17/caching-pages-with-suffix-paths-in-aem-cq-dispatcher/

Also - if you are interested in learning more about Dispatcher - sign up here: 

http://scottsdigitalcommunity.blogspot.ca/2015/09/september-version-of-ask-aem-community.html

[Jörg_Hoh · Accepted solution]

Hi,

the dispatcher does not about suffixes, it does not decompose the query as Sling does. So

http://www.example.com/content/project/main.html/suffix1/suffix2

is not cached on dispatcher, because it does not have an extension. If you manage to have a URL like

http://www.example.com/content/project/main.html/suffix1/suffix2.html

the dispatcher is able to cache it. But depending on the amount of suffixes, the number of pages stored in the dispatcher will explode. And also be aware, that "/content/project/main.html" can be either a file or a directory (from a filesystem perspective), so either only suffixes or no suffixes at all.

kind regards,
Jörg

[shubhankarb2742]

Hi Jörg,

Will the URL LIKE http://www.example.com/content/project/main.html/suffix1/suffix2.html allow the Search engine crawler to track the pages as expected, when it does for the normal URL like http://www.example.com/content/project/main.html

Thanks

[shubhankarb2742]

Dispatcher i believe, we can cache the pages, is there any link for SEO handling?

[Jörg_Hoh]

Hi,

I don't know, I am not a SEO expert. I can only tell you, what's possible from the dispatcher's point of view.

kind regards,
Jörg

[smacdonald2008]

Joerg - good questions to cover in the Sept 29th ATE session.