{"id":25554,"date":"2026-09-05T02:45:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T23:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/fix-canonicalization-issues\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T02:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T23:45:34","slug":"fix-canonicalization-issues","status":"publish","type":"ar_kb","link":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/fix-canonicalization-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix canonicalization issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Even if you explicitly designate a canonical page, Google might choose a different canonical<br \/>\n  for various reasons, such as the quality of the content or technical signals. To troubleshoot<br \/>\n  canonicalization issues, follow these steps:\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n    <b>Check which page Google considers to be the canonical page:<\/b> Use the<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/9012289#google-selected-canonical\" class=\"external-link\">URL Inspection tool<\/a><br \/>\n    to check<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/canonicalization-basics\/\">which page Google considers canonical<\/a> and think about whether the Google-selected canonical makes more sense than<br \/>\n    your preferred canonical URL for your users coming from Google Search.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"key-point\">\n      <b>Important:<\/b> If a canonical URL is in a Search Console property that you don&#8217;t own, you won&#8217;t be able to<br \/>\n      see any of the traffic for your duplicate page.<br \/>\n    <\/aside>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n    <b>Look for technical canonicalization issues:<\/b> Verify whether an unexpected canonical<br \/>\n    URL preference is being signaled through technical misconfigurations. Review the<br \/>\n    <a href=\"#common-issues\">common canonicalization issues table<\/a> to check for issues like<br \/>\n    incorrect canonical elements, server misconfigurations, or missing localization annotations.\n  <\/li>\n<li>\n    <b>Ensure clustered pages are sufficiently different:<\/b> Fixing canonicalization issues<br \/>\n    technically boils down to ensuring that the pages that are <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/canonicalization-basics\/#canonical-how\">clustered together<\/a><br \/>\n    are sufficiently different. Things to keep in mind:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <strong>Re-evaluation takes time:<\/strong> Even after fixing content<br \/>\n        issues, Google might hold pages in a duplicate cluster for <strong>up to two weeks<\/strong>.\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <strong>Content difference matters:<\/strong> Pages will generally split out faster if the<br \/>\n        difference between the new content and the other clustered pages is clear and significant.\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n    <b>Request re-indexing:<\/b> Once you fix the content issues, use the &#8220;Request Indexing&#8221; feature in the Search Console<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/9012289#request_indexing\" class=\"external-link\">URL Inspection tool<\/a><br \/>\n    to ask Google to re-evaluate the pages that are clustered. However, since this feature is subject to quotas, reserve it for your most important URLs.\n  <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"common-issues\" tabindex=\"-1\">Common canonicalization issues<\/h2>\n<p>\n  There are various reasons why the selected canonical URL differs from the canonical URL you&#8217;d<br \/>\n  prefer to see in Search. The most common issues are:\n<\/p>\n<table class=\"responsive\" id=\"common-canonicalization-issues\">\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Common canonicalization issues<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h2 id=\"language-variants-without-localized-annotations\" tabindex=\"-1\">Language variants without localized annotations<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n      If you have multiple websites that serve substantially the same content localized to<br \/>\n      different users around the world, be sure to<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/overview-of-international-and-multilingual-site-topics\/\">follow our guidelines for localized sites<\/a>.<br \/>\n      For example, if you have different sites for your English-speaking users in the United<br \/>\n      States, United Kingdom, and Australia respectively, but the content is the same, adding<br \/>\n      <code>hreflang<\/code> annotations to your pages can help the right pages surface for users<br \/>\n      in different regions.\n    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h2 id=\"incorrect-canonical-elements\" tabindex=\"-1\">Incorrect canonical elements<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n      Some content management systems (CMS) or CMS plugins can make incorrect use of<br \/>\n      canonicalization techniques to point to undesired URLs. Check your HTML with your browser&#8217;s<br \/>\n      developer tools to see if so. If your site is indicating an unexpected canonical URL<br \/>\n      preference, perhaps through incorrect use of <code>rel=\"canonical\"<\/code> or a<br \/>\n      <code>3xx<\/code> redirect, contact your CMS provider and report this error to them.\n    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h2 id=\"misconfigured-servers\" tabindex=\"-1\">Misconfigured servers<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n      Some hosting misconfigurations may cause unexpected cross-domain URL selection. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n          A server may be misconfigured to return content from <code>example.com<\/code> in<br \/>\n          response to a request for a URL on <code>other.example<\/code>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n          Two unrelated web servers may return identical<br \/>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/troubleshoot-google-search-crawling-errors\/#soft-404-errors\"><code>soft 404<\/code> pages<\/a><br \/>\n          that Google fails to identify as error pages. If you notice this is the case, get<br \/>\n          in touch with your hosting provider.\n        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h2 id=\"malicious-hacking\" tabindex=\"-1\">Malicious hacking<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n      Some attacks on websites introduce code that returns an HTTP<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/redirects-and-google\/\"><code>3xx<\/code> redirect<\/a><br \/>\n      or inserts a cross-domain <code>rel=\"canonical\"<\/code> <code>link<\/code> annotation<br \/>\n      into the HTML <code>&lt;head&gt;<\/code> or HTTP header, usually pointing to a URL<br \/>\n      hosting malicious or spammy content. In these cases, our algorithms may choose the<br \/>\n      malicious or spammy URL instead of the URL on the<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/web.dev\/articles\/hacked\" class=\"external-link\">compromised website<\/a>.\n    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h2 id=\"syndicated-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Syndicated content<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n      The canonical link element is not recommended for those who want to avoid duplication by<br \/>\n      syndication partners, because the pages are often very different. The most effective<br \/>\n      solution is for partners to block indexing of your content. For more, see<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/news\/publisher-center\/answer\/9606800\" class=\"external-link\">Avoid article duplication in Google News<\/a>,<br \/>\n      which also has advice about blocking syndicated content from Google Search.\n    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h2 id=\"a-copycat-website\" tabindex=\"-1\">A copycat website<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n      In rare situations, our algorithm may select a URL from an external site that is hosting<br \/>\n      your content without your permission. If you believe that another site is duplicating<br \/>\n      your content in violation of copyright law, you may contact the site&#8217;s host to request<br \/>\n      removal. In addition, you can request that Google remove the infringing page from our<br \/>\n      search results by<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/legal\/answer\/1120734\" class=\"external-link\">filing a request under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act<\/a>.\n    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to debug the most common canonicalization issues in Google Search.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"menu_order":31,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ar_kb_kategori":[687],"ar_kb_etiket":[],"class_list":["post-25554","ar_kb","type-ar_kb","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ar_kb_kategori-canonicalization-crawling-and-indexing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ar_kb\/25554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ar_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ar_kb"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ar_kb\/25554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ar_kb_kategori","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ar_kb_kategori?post=25554"},{"taxonomy":"ar_kb_etiket","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ar_kb_etiket?post=25554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}