Page is not indexed: Alternate page with proper canonical tag

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Rasheed
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Joined: 14 Jul 2024, 12:47

Page is not indexed: Alternate page with proper canonical tag

Post by Rasheed »

Hello my name name is Rasheed and I am a travel blogger. I joined Google Search console and submitted a few pages in it. But, instead of indexing the blog pages, Google shows this error.

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Page indexing error: Page is not indexed: Alternate page with proper canonical tag
Why does Google show this error instead of indexing the blog page?
Kerem
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Joined: 10 Aug 2024, 11:08
Location: Bursa

Re: Page is not indexed: Alternate page with proper canonical tag

Post by Kerem »

Do not worry. Check the source code of the blog post and look for the canonical meta tag. Google indexed the canonical URL instead of the page you submitted.
Rahul Agarwal
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Joined: 16 Nov 2023, 14:08

Re: Page is not indexed: Alternate page with proper canonical tag

Post by Rahul Agarwal »

Hello Rasheed,

If you want to index that specific page in search engines, remove the canonical tag.
Yashika
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Re: Page is not indexed: Alternate page with proper canonical tag

Post by Yashika »

Welcome to our forum Rasheed. The error message "Page indexing error: Page is not indexed: Alternate page with proper canonical tag" says this page was a duplicate page with canonical tag pointing to another page.

So, Google indexed the page mentioned in your canonical tag instead this page.
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