Google updates Search documentation with standardized URL parameter guidelines, recommending "=" and "&" for optimal website crawling. Google recommends using "=" and "&" for URL parameters.

As part of the Search Off The Record podcast from Google on crawling, which we briefly covered on Friday, Gary Illyes from Google said he is investigating ways for Google to handle URL parameters ...

Google plans to deprecate the URL Parameters tool next month, saying it's no longer needed because Google can deal with parameters automatically. Google is sunsetting the URL Parameters tool in Search ...

In 2009, Google launched the parameter handling feature of Google webmaster tools, which enabled site owners to specify the parameters on their site that were optional vs. required. A year later, they ...