Format
URL format issues create technical problems for crawlers, users, and link sharing. Spaces must be encoded; multiple slashes create inconsistency; legacy AJAX crawling scheme URLs reference a deprecated protocol; and non-HTML document files indexed as web pages should be served with proper context. These four checks identify format issues that affect URL quality and crawlability.
A URL contains a literal space character — must be encoded as %20 or +.
Two or more consecutive slashes in the URL path — creates URL variants that may be indexed separately.
URL uses #! hashbang format — a deprecated Google AJAX crawling pattern.
A PDF, Word doc, or other document file is indexed as a web page URL.
Audit URL format issuesacross your site
The audit identifies every URL with format issues — from spaces and slashes to legacy schemes and document files.