Ignore it if
The URLs listed are variants, and the canonical they point to is indexed.
Alternate page with proper canonical tagUsually fine
“Alternate page with proper canonical tag” in Google Search Console: 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.
What Google says
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 helpCauses
Why it happens
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.
Triage
Is it a problem?
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.
Fix
How to 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.
- 1Spot-check a few URLsOpen the report's examples. If they're parameter URLs or copies, you're done.
- 2Inspect anything surprisingFor a real post listed here, use URL Inspection and look at 'User-declared canonical'. It should be the post's own URL.
- 3Fix the canonical in your templateIf many posts point to the same canonical, the template is generating it wrong. Each post should point to its own URL.
- 4Use clean URLs when you linkLinking internally with tracking parameters creates more of these variants for Google to crawl. Link to clean URLs.
On Blogizi
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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FAQ
Questions about “Alternate page”
Usually not. Google says no action is needed. Only act if a page you want ranking on its own is listed.
Often because Google found more parameter URLs, for example from links shared with tracking codes. It's harmless unless real pages are among them.
No. It means your canonical tags are working.
Related statuses
Duplicate without user-selected canonicalGoogle picked another URL as the main version, because this page didn't say which one was.Read →Duplicate, Google chose different canonical than userYou marked a canonical, but Google decided another URL is the better version.Read →Page with redirectThe URL redirects somewhere else, so Google indexes the destination.Read →
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Last reviewed October 19, 2026