After analyzing, I found where the issie is coming from. On my all blog posts i have right sidebar where i show 6 of my products. For the indexing issue, I’m getting the following message from Google:
Alternative page with proper canonical tag
These pages aren't indexed or served on Google.
I also have variants of the products. Only the man product should be indexed, not the variants. Example:
?product-page=20 is a WooCommerce parameter that appears on product archives or shop category pages.
It is mistakenly being appended to other URLs, for example due to a THEME error, pagination within embedded products, or a shortcode or block that inserts a product grid into the article
So ... I guess if I remove these things from the indexing (via txt. file), the issues will be gone??? I need you oppinion - is this the issue? And if yes, i may need your help on how to do it, what should i put in my txt file to stop indexing the SIDEBAR Widget wtih products and also RELATED PRODUCTS element from Soledad for elementor? Thank you in advnace
I have received hundreds of issues with canonical indexing for urls like this one:
https://lillagreen.com/semporna-sabah-travel-guide-discover-the-maldives-of-malaysia/?product-page=20
After analyzing, I found where the issie is coming from. On my all blog posts i have right sidebar where i show 6 of my products. For the indexing issue, I’m getting the following message from Google:
Alternative page with proper canonical tag
These pages aren't indexed or served on Google.
I also have variants of the products. Only the man product should be indexed, not the variants. Example:
https://lillagreen.com/shop/wall-art-prints/farol-da-nazare-portugal-wall-art/?attribute_size=90x60+cm
Another cannonical issue for indexing is Related blog post - they are also recognized as not properly indexed.
The link, for example, https://lillagreen.com/semporna-sabah-travel-guide-discover-the-maldives-of-malaysia/?product-page=20 does indeed look suspicious – especially because ?product-page=20 has nothing to do with a blog article.
?product-page=20 is a WooCommerce parameter that appears on product archives or shop category pages.
It is mistakenly being appended to other URLs, for example due to a THEME error, pagination within embedded products, or a shortcode or block that inserts a product grid into the article
So ... I guess if I remove these things from the indexing (via txt. file), the issues will be gone??? I need you oppinion - is this the issue? And if yes, i may need your help on how to do it, what should i put in my txt file to stop indexing the SIDEBAR Widget wtih products and also RELATED PRODUCTS element from Soledad for elementor? Thank you in advnace
Hi,
If you're using Yoast SEO, you can:
Go to SEO → Search Appearance → Advanced.
Under "Permalinks", look for an option to remove query parameters (?product-page=20).
Enable "Remove Stop Words from Slugs" to help with canonical URLs.
If needed, manually set canonical URLs in the Yoast Meta Box for individual product pages.
Regards,
PenciDesign.
Hi there, thank you for the idea. But I guess, this doesn't address the:
The cause of ?product-page=20 showing up in my blog post URLs.
The WooCommerce widget/sidebar behavior that generates these URLs.
this should be somew how blocked on robot.txt?
Hi,
Here is the other solution.
You should paste this code into the function.php of the child theme or via the CodeSnippet plugin here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/
function fix_product_pagination_canonical() { if (isset($_GET['product-page']) && is_singular('product')) { echo '<link rel="canonical" href="' . get_permalink() . '" />' . "\n"; } } add_action('wp_head', 'fix_product_pagination_canonical', 1);Regards,
PenciDesign.