Yes, the big issue here is that Google treats the whole thing like a total black box. We do everything we can to have this functionality work for users, but all we can do is offer the functionality and it seems like it's not unilaterally followed by Google.
Here are some screenshots from our Google Search Console....
Hey @ben
, thanks for the comment and for shedding some light on the issue from your perspective.
I realise there's nothing more you can be doing on your end 👍 The information that I'm gleaning from the screenshot goes against pretty much everything that I've just read about <link rel="canonical"> – black box indeed!
"Google selects a canonical URL only after a page is indexed" is a great insight though so, again, thanks for the comment. I'll trial-run my policy of waiting a few days (or at least until I know the original page has been indexed) before cross-posting and report back with the outcome – just for posterity's sake.
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Yes, the big issue here is that Google treats the whole thing like a total black box. We do everything we can to have this functionality work for users, but all we can do is offer the functionality and it seems like it's not unilaterally followed by Google.
Here are some screenshots from our Google Search Console....
Hey @ben , thanks for the comment and for shedding some light on the issue from your perspective.
I realise there's nothing more you can be doing on your end 👍 The information that I'm gleaning from the screenshot goes against pretty much everything that I've just read about
<link rel="canonical">– black box indeed!"Google selects a canonical URL only after a page is indexed" is a great insight though so, again, thanks for the comment. I'll trial-run my policy of waiting a few days (or at least until I know the original page has been indexed) before cross-posting and report back with the outcome – just for posterity's sake.