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Problem:
You are experiencing issues with duplicate content in WPML, causing some pages not to be indexed by Google as they are seen as duplicates. This issue affects multiple language versions, including English, Danish, and Swedish.
Solution:
First, ensure that all your pages are correctly translated and that the translations are published. For instance, the page https://princecharger.com/da/generatorer/ is correctly translated, and you can verify this by checking the hreflang tags in the HTML of the page and its presence in the sitemap at https://princecharger.com/page-sitemap.xml.
However, the page https://princecharger.com/da/generatorer/reservedele/karburator/ is either not translated or the translations are not published. You need to address this by ensuring that translations for all sections of your website are complete and published.

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Last updated by Carlos Rojas 1 year ago.

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May 24, 2024 at 5:59 am #15665660

michaelP-149

When using WPML we have discovered constant issues regarding duplicate content. Some of the pages is not being indexed because Google is seeing the translated pages as duplicates. We have 3 language versions in total. English, Danish and Swedish.

In the Google Search Console we see this message regarding indexing of pages: "Identical to the canonical web address provided by the user"

I would appreciate it, if you can provide us with advice. This is a big issue regarding SEO.

May 24, 2024 at 8:01 am #15666018

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Hello,
Thank you for contacting us

Could you share a URL where the issue can be seen?

Regards,
Carlos

May 24, 2024 at 8:36 am #15666227

michaelP-149

This page is in 3 languages: hidden link

This page is currently being indexed, but it happens on occasion that it is losing its indexation. Then I manually have to make sure it's indexed again via Google Search Console.

This product is another example of a page not being indexed: hidden link

May 24, 2024 at 8:50 am #15666288

Carlos Rojas
WPML Supporter since 03/2017

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)

Thank you for sharing the URLs

1.- hidden link -> This archive page is correctly translated. You can see the hreflang tags in the HTML of the page and it also appears correctly in the sitemap: hidden link

2.- hidden link -> Is not translated or the translations are not published.