SEO Canonical Doubt

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sagarmalik007

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Hi BHW Family,
I am working on the SEO of a website. Instead of indexing the main pages, Google is showing them as canonical and adding these types of pages: abc.com/water-damage-restoration/?4e791fa3_page=2
How to deal with the issue and index the main pages instead of the above one
Please help. Not looking for any paid service
 
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You can only really treat canonical tags as a hint nowadays, Google regularly chooses their own. I would try and track down any instances of links with the query strings you mention and update them if you have control of them, or reach out to third parties and ask for them to be amended or removed. Then, some strong links pointing to your main pages to help emphasise the correct urls. After that it's unfortunately a case of patience while you wait for Google to update whatever they do behind the scenes.
 
sagarmalik007 said:
Hi BHW Family,
I am working on the SEO of a website. Instead of indexing the main pages, Google is showing them as canonical and adding these types of pages: abc.com/water-damage-restoration/?4e791fa3_page=2
How to deal with the issue and index the main pages instead of the above one
Please help. Not looking for any paid service
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Hi First check Canonical Tags Add this on all versions

Noindex Parameter URLs
Add this in the <head> of parameter pages

robots.txt (Optional)
Block Google from crawling those URLs:

makefile
CopyEdit
<span><span><span>Disallow: /*?4e791fa3_page=</span></span><span><br></span></span>

html
CopyEdit
  • Internal Links
    Link only to the clean URL (/water-damage-restoration/), not the ones with parameters.
  • Sitemap
    Include only clean URLs in your XML sitemap.
  • Remove Unwanted URLs from Google
    Use GSC → Indexing → Removals → "Temporary removals".
 
If you are using Yoast or a similar SEO plugin, first make sure your main page has a self referencing canonical tag. Then, set “noindex” on parameter based URLs like ?page=2, and avoid linking to them internally. Exclude them from your sitemap as well. You can also use Google Search Console’s “Temporary Removals” tool to hide those unwanted URLs while Google re crawls.

you know canonical tags are just a hint, but you can guide Google by fixing internal links, setting proper canonicals, using noindex on unwanted url, and keeping your sitemap clean. Strong backlinks help too, but always start with technical cleanup first.
 
MajestySEO said:
If you are using Yoast or a similar SEO plugin, first make sure your main page has a self referencing canonical tag. Then, set “noindex” on parameter based URLs like ?page=2, and avoid linking to them internally. Exclude them from your sitemap as well. You can also use Google Search Console’s “Temporary Removals” tool to hide those unwanted URLs while Google re crawls.

you know canonical tags are just a hint, but you can guide Google by fixing internal links, setting proper canonicals, using noindex on unwanted url, and keeping your sitemap clean. Strong backlinks help too, but always start with technical cleanup first.
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Do you know how to do it in Rank Math?
 
Steptoe said:
You can only really treat canonical tags as a hint nowadays, Google regularly chooses their own. I would try and track down any instances of links with the query strings you mention and update them if you have control of them, or reach out to third parties and ask for them to be amended or removed. Then, some strong links pointing to your main pages to help emphasise the correct urls. After that it's unfortunately a case of patience while you wait for Google to update whatever they do behind the scenes.
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How to track it?
 
sagarmalik007 said:
Hi BHW Family,
I am working on the SEO of a website. Instead of indexing the main pages, Google is showing them as canonical and adding these types of pages: abc.com/water-damage-restoration/?4e791fa3_page=2
How to deal with the issue and index the main pages instead of the above one
Please help. Not looking for any paid service
Click to expand...
This usually happens due to URL parameter issues or weak internal linking.

You can try:
1. Set correct canonical tags, Make sure the main page (e.g., /water-damage-restoration/) has a self-referencing canonical tag.

2. Block unnecessary parameters, Use Google Search Console → URL Parameters to tell Google to ignore ?*_page=2 URLs.

3. Improve internal linking, Link to the main pages, not the parameterized ones.

4. Use robots.txt or noindex, Block or noindex paginated versions if they aren’t useful.

Give it some time after fixing, Google will re-crawl and adjust
 
sagarmalik007 said:
Hi BHW Family,
I am working on the SEO of a website. Instead of indexing the main pages, Google is showing them as canonical and adding these types of pages: abc.com/water-damage-restoration/?4e791fa3_page=2
How to deal with the issue and index the main pages instead of the above one
Please help. Not looking for any paid service
Click to expand...

Is this not the page you want to get ranked, just de indexed and add nofollow tags to those pages. easy fix
 
A canonical tag helps prevent duplicate content issues by indicating the preferred version of a webpage to search engines.
 
Need help with SEO—Google is indexing parameterized URLs instead of main pages; how can I fix canonical
 
Google is indexing parameterized URLs instead of main pages looking for help on fixing canonical issues and getting the correct pages indexed without using paid services.
 
Seeking advice on how to fix Google showing canonical pages as URL parameters and index the main pages instead, without using paid services.
 
Have you checked if your canonical tags are correctly set on those paginated URLs? Sometimes Google picks up parameters when pagination markup (rel=next/prev) is missing or canonical tags point incorrectly. Also, do you use URL parameter handling in Google Search Console?
 
Hey! Google sees those extra URL parts as separate pages. Use canonical tags pointing to main pages and set URL parameters in Search Console to fix this. Also, keep your sitemap clean. This helps Google index the right pages.
 
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