Hello,
I’m sorry to hear about the issue you’re facing with duplicate pages in Google Search Console after your developer disabled Rank Math and caused indexing problems. To address this situation with tens of thousands of duplicate pages, you can follow these steps:
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Identify Duplicate Pages:
- Go to the Pages section of Google Search Console.
- Click on the Not indexed tab.
- Look for the specific status related to the duplicates, such as “Duplicate, Google chose different canonical than user,” “Duplicate, submitted URL not selected as canonical,” or “Duplicate without user-selected canonical.”
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Use Rank Math’s Analytics to Identify Pages:
- If Rank Math is re-enabled, navigate to Rank Math > Analytics in the WordPress dashboard.
- Click on the Index Status tab to identify pages with issues.
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Fix Duplicate Pages:
- Once you’ve identified the affected pages, you can take steps to fix them based on the specific duplicate issue.
- You may need to set the correct canonical URLs, use 301 redirects, or make other adjustments depending on the duplicate status.
If you need more specific guidance based on the type of duplicate issue you’re facing, please provide additional details or screenshots, and we’ll assist you further.
Thank you for reaching out, and we’ll do our best to help you resolve this issue.
Sources:
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
Why Google Hasn’t Indexed Your Post, Page, and/or Website? » Rank Math
How to Fix ‘Duplicate Without User-Selected Canonical’ Status in Google Search Console » Rank Math
Alternate Page with Proper Canonical Tag Status in Google Search Console » Rank Math
Hello,
Thank you for your query and we are so sorry about the trouble this must have caused.
Since the URL structure has changed, you’ll have to allow Google to adjust and index the new URL format. It’ll update the report from Google.
You can also redirect the old structure to the new one but this will take time to do given the number of duplicated URLs detected by Google.
We recommend using Google Search Console’s URL Removal Tool to address the duplicate pages issue. You can submit removal requests for the affected URLs.
Additionally, once Rank Math is re-enabled, ensure to properly set up your SEO settings especially the Canonical and customization for proper indexing.
Looking forward to helping you.
Hello,
Glad that helped.
If you have any other concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us anytime to assist you further.
Looking forward to helping you.
Thank you.
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.
Thank you.
