Alternate page with proper canonical tag

#31333
  • Resolved Josh Rock
    Rank Math pro

    My Google Search Console states that I have roughly 2000 pages with an alternate page with proper canonical tag. Pages that should be a 404 error are opening as a live page. There may be a conflict with another plugin Premmerce permalink manager. I used it with Yoast prior to Rank Math to remove category bases and such. I tried deactivated Premmerce but then the correct url’s redirected to a misconfigured url.

    • This topic was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by Josh Rock.
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  • Hello,

    I have updated the sensitive data as requested. Can you please check further?

    Thank you.

    Todd
    Rank Math free

    Hi Josh,

    Thanks for getting in touch with us.

    I am not sure if I understand correctly.

    The uncategorized/exp-###-######-#####/ link that you shared is redirected to the other page.

    I am just not seeing the issue. It would help if you could share a screenshot of the errors you are seeing in Google Search Console.

    We look forward to helping you.

    Yes, I ran a redirect temporarily. I have removed the redirect.

    Todd
    Rank Math free

    Hello,

    Google is correctly excluding those URLs because the canonical on them is different and correct.

    There is nothing to be worried about as far as Google and your visitors are concerned. It should not be linked to from your actual website unless you are using hard coded links in your menu, etc. .

    If you disable the remove category base, it should work.

    Please note that since you are using another plugin to customize your permalinks, it is not ideal to let Rank Math handle the permalinks as well.

    Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

    Thanks Todd.

    Hello,

    We are super happy that this resolved your issue. If you have any other questions in the future, know that we are here to help you.

    If you don’t mind me asking, could you please leave us a review (if you haven’t already) on https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/?rate=5#new-post about your overall experience with Rank Math? We appreciate your time and patience.

    If you do have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.

    Thank you.

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