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title: "Why Is Google Indexing a Page but Choosing a Different Canonical URL?"  
description: "Why Is Google Indexing a Page but Choosing a Different Canonical URL?"  
author: "Kerem Aydin"  
published: 2026-10-27  
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category: "Mix Category"  
tags: ["seo", "google search", "Canonical URLs"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why Is Google Indexing a Page but Choosing a Different Canonical URL?

Google has indexed one of my pages, but the search result points to a different URL with very similar content. The page I wanted indexed is accessible and included in my sitemap, so I’m trying to understand what might be influencing Google’s choice.

When this happens, which signals are worth checking first: internal links, redirects, duplicate content, or the canonical tag itself? I’d also be interested in how people confirm whether the **Google-selected canonical URL** is temporary or likely to stick.


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