“Alternate page with proper canonical tag”: what it means and how to fix it
This page points to another URL as its canonical, Google agreed, and indexed that other URL. It's working as intended, so there's usually nothing to fix. Typical examples are URLs with tracking parameters, AMP or mobile versions, and the same post reachable at a second address.
- Not an error. Google is respecting your canonical tag.
- Check it only if a page you want ranking on its own shows up here.
- A big jump in these URLs can mean a template is pointing every page's canonical at one URL.
What does Google say?
This page is an alternate of another page that Google indexed, and it correctly points to that canonical. Google says no action is needed.
Paraphrased from Google's Page indexing report help.
Why does it happen?
- 01URLs with tracking parameters, like ?ref= or ?utm_source=, that point to the clean URL.
- 02AMP or separate mobile versions of a page.
- 03Print versions and other copies of the same content.
- 04The same blog post reachable on two addresses, with the canonical on one of them.
Is “Alternate page” a problem?
It depends on which URLs Search Console lists. Check them against these two lists.
Ignore it if
- The URLs listed are variants, and the canonical they point to is indexed.
Fix it if
- A real post appears here, which means its canonical points to a different page.
- Every post's canonical points to the homepage or blog index. That's a template bug.
How do I fix “Alternate page”?
Check any single URL with URL Inspection. After fixing, open the issue in the Page indexing report and click Validate fix; Google says it typically takes up to about two weeks.
# after a real changeInspect URL → Request indexing # in the Page indexing reportOpen the status → Validate fix
- 1
Spot-check a few URLs
Open the report's examples. If they're parameter URLs or copies, you're done.
- 2
Inspect anything surprising
For a real post listed here, use URL Inspection and look at 'User-declared canonical'. It should be the post's own URL.
- 3
Fix the canonical in your template
If many posts point to the same canonical, the template is generating it wrong. Each post should point to its own URL.
- 4
Use clean URLs when you link
Linking internally with tracking parameters creates more of these variants for Google to crawl. Link to clean URLs.
How does Blogizi handle “Alternate page”?
A Blogizi blog can be reachable on its blogizi.com subdomain and on your own domain. Its canonical tags point to your domain, so if Google finds the subdomain copy, it lands in this report. That's expected.
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Usually not. Google says no action is needed. Only act if a page you want ranking on its own is listed.
Last reviewed October 23, 2026 against Google's Page indexing report help.
Related Search Console statuses
Duplicate without user-selected canonical
Google picked another URL as the main version, because this page didn't say which one was.
Read the guide →Check itDuplicate, Google chose different canonical than user
You marked a canonical, but Google decided another URL is the better version.
Read the guide →Usually finePage with redirect
The URL redirects somewhere else, so Google indexes the destination.
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