Hello, I apologize for the issue you’re facing with the “Duplicate without user-selected canonical” status in Google Search Console.
When you have a blog post placed on both a category page and a subcategory page, Google may consider it as duplicate content. To avoid this, you can set a canonical URL for one of the pages to indicate the preferred version of the content.
To fix the “Duplicate without user-selected canonical” status, you can follow these steps:
- Go to the “Pages” section of Google Search Console and click on the “Not indexed” tab.
- Look for the “Duplicate without user-selected canonical” status and click on it.
- You’ll see a list of all the pages on your website affected by this issue.
- Identify the canonical version of each page using the information provided.
- There are two methods you can use to fix this issue:
- Method 1: Implement 301 redirects to redirect the duplicate pages to the canonical version.
- Method 2: Use canonical URLs to specify the preferred version of the content.
If you’re unsure about which method to choose or need further assistance, please reply to the ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will be happy to help you.
Sources:
How to Fix ‘Duplicate Without User-Selected Canonical’ Status in Google Search Console » Rank Math
Why Google Hasn’t Indexed Your Post, Page, and/or Website? » Rank Math
How to Fix “Duplicate, Google Chose Different Canonical than User” » Rank Math
How to Fix ‘Duplicate, Submitted URL Not Selected as Canonical’ Issue in Google Search Console » Rank Math
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Hello,
Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.
If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.
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