You are seeing "Page with Redirect" issue in Google Search Console, which can happen mostly due to mobile URLs (?m=1) . Let's understand this in detail and see its permanent solution.
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What is the "page with redirect" issue?
When Google crawls your site, if a redirect (301 or 302) is found on any page, then "Page with Redirect" issue is shown in Search Console. In your case, ?m=1 URLs (which are Blogger's mobile version URLs) are creating the issue.
This issue is mostly caused by old templates or settings of Blogger, which generate ?m=1 version for mobile users. If your site is already responsive, then these ?m=1 redirects are not necessary.
How to fix page with redirect
Step 1: Check Blogger's Mobile Redirect Settings:
- Go to Blogger Dashboard.
- Open the Theme section.
- There will be a "Mobile Settings" option below.
- Enable "Custom" or "Desktop" mode here. (If the default mobile theme is being used, set it to "Desktop Mode".)
- Save changes.
This step will ensure that Blogger avoids the ?m=1 version and only indexes the desktop URL.
Step 2: Make changes in Blogger Robots.txt
If you block ?m=1 URLs in robots.txt, Google will not index them.
- Go to Blogger Dashboard → Settings → Custom robots.txt.
- Add this code:
User-agent: * Disallow: /*?m=1 Allow: / Sitemap: https://www.creatoryt.in/sitemap.xml
- Save it.
This step will tell Google to ignore ?m=1 URLs so that they are not indexed.
Step 3: Check the Canonical Tag
Blogger templates should have the canonical tag automatically. You can check it by opening the source code of your site (Ctrl + U):
<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.creatoryt.in/" />if it is missing, then you are using a custom theme of blogger or there is some issue. In this case you can also add it manually.
Step 4: Remove Redirected URLs in Google Search Console
- Go to Search Console → Removals.
- Make a New Request and send a request to remove ?m=1 URLs.
- Google will remove these URLs in some time.
After this step Google will only index the original URLs.
Step 5: Fix Internal Links
If any of your blog posts has a link of ?m=1 version, then replace it with a normal link (remove ?m=1).
Example:
Wrong Link:
https://www.pskathait.in/2024/01/blog-post.html?m=1
Correct Link:
https://www.pskathait.in/2024/01/blog-post.html
This will ensure that the internal linking also has the correct URLs.
To fix this issue, just copy the code I’ve provided below and go to your Blogger Dashboard. From the left-hand menu, select Theme, then click on the small arrow next to the Customize button and choose Edit HTML. Once you're inside the HTML editor, press Ctrl + F and search for the word head. When you find it, paste the entire code right below it. After that, click Save. Your changes will be applied immediately.
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
var uri = window.location.toString();
if (uri.indexOf("%3D","%3D") > 0) {
var clean_uri = uri.substring(0, uri.indexOf("%3D"));
window.history.replaceState({}, document.title, clean_uri);
}
var uri = window.location.toString();
if (uri.indexOf("%3D%3D","%3D%3D") > 0) {
var clean_uri = uri.substring(0, uri.indexOf("%3D%3D"));
window.history.replaceState({}, document.title, clean_uri);
}
var uri = window.location.toString();
if (uri.indexOf("&m=1","&m=1") > 0) {
var clean_uri = uri.substring(0, uri.indexOf("&m=1"));
window.history.replaceState({}, document.title, clean_uri);
}
var uri = window.location.toString();
if (uri.indexOf("?m=1","?m=1") > 0) {
var clean_uri = uri.substring(0, uri.indexOf("?m=1"));
window.history.replaceState({}, document.title, clean_uri);
}
//]]>
</script>Conclusion
If you follow the above 5 steps then the ?m=1 issue will be permanently fixed and Google will only index the correct pages. If you have any other doubts, let us know!
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