Search Engine Optimization

Recently, I came across a critical indexing issue on the website hopmyjob.com , which is worth sharing because it can help other website owners and SEO professionals facing similar problems. In Google Search Console (GSC) , the homepage was reported with the status: Page is not indexed: Duplicate, Google chose a different canonical than user At first glance, this looks like a common canonical conflict. However, a deeper investigation revealed a serious security-related SEO issue . Canonical Issue Identified in Google Search Console User-declared canonical:  https://hopmyjob.com/ Google-selected canonical:  https://9738492609.xgijnaqgavwkrbmhgqfeibhugadiz.org/significantly-reduce-their-motivation Screenshot reference: Canonical details from GSC and When Google chooses a different canonical URL than the one we declare, it means: Google does not trust the declared canonical Google believes another URL represents the content better In this case, Google selected a suspicious, ran...

Interesting SEO Observation from a Professional Listing Website Recently, we encountered a critical SEO issue related to a Dynamic Result Page section on a professional listing site. This issue highlights how URL inconsistency can directly impact Google’s ability to process XML sitemaps. What Went Wrong? Our development team unintentionally changed the internal linking structure of dynamically generated pages. New dynamic URLs were generated unexpectedly These URLs did not match : Submitted XML sitemap URLs Canonical URL formats The incorrect URLs were being used in internal links As a result, Google started seeing multiple URL versions for the same pages. Impact on Google Sitemap Processing Before Fix Google stopped processing the XML sitemap URLs Sitemap pages were ignored or delayed Indexing signals became inconsistent This happened because Google was confused about which URL version was the correct one . What We Fixed Updated all int...