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How to Clean Website URLs in Google Sheets

What Does a Clean Website URL Look Like? A clean website URL is simply a URL that follows a consistent format and does not contain unnecessary characters, tracking parameters, spaces, or other clutter. If you're working with a large SEO, marketing, affiliate, or competitor-analysis spreadsheet, this small distinction can make a surprisingly big difference. For example, these URLs may point to essentially the same page: https://example.com/page https://example.com/page/ https://www.example.com/page?utm_source=google https://example.com/page#comments To a spreadsheet, however, they are different text strings. Google Sheets will not automatically understand that several variations represent the same underlying URL. That's why URL normalization is useful when you're analyzing website data. Why Should You Clean URLs? Imagine you're sorting a box of cables. If every cable is tangled, labeled differently, and mixed together, finding the one you need takes forever. Website URL...