AMP can generate infinite link loop [CRITICAL]

  • Resolved b4after

    (@b4after)


    3 years ago

    The AMP plugin is able to generate an infinite number of link loops inside the page when a broken link appears on the page.
    For example, the url to the website is: https://www.domain.com/
    An example of such a link is
    <a href="example"> test </a>
    In this case, each AMP subpage will have a subpage link inside:
    https://www.domain.com/amp/example
    after entering this address, another link will appear directing to:
    https://www.domain.com/amp/example/example
    and so on:

    
https://www.domain.com/amp/example/example
https://www.domain.com/amp/example/example/example
https://www.domain.com/amp/example/example/example/example
...

    This will end up with Google Bot stopping indexing the page because it will loop in those subpages that could generate millions.

    • This topic was modified 3 years ago by b4after.
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  • James Osborne

    (@jamesosborne)

    Thanks for reaching out. When using the AMP plugin an AMP endpoint is appended to any regular URL, similar to the below:

    https://www.domain.com/example/?amp

    The plugin doesn’t support a structure below as you suggested:

    https://www.domain.com/amp/example/example

    All internal links when using the plugin will simply have an AMP version which will include an an endpoint at the end of the URL to differentiate from the canonical (non AMP) URL.

    Let me know if you have any further questions on this. You can also customize the AMP endpoint if you prefer, with some documentation on the plugin website in relation to this.

    I’m also happy to check your site setup if you’d like to share your site URL.

    James Osborne

    (@jamesosborne)

    As we didn’t receive a response I’ll mark this as resolved. Feel free to open a new support topic if you require any further assistance.

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