How To Fix ?m=1 Canonical Tag, indexing & Page with Redirect
Writer: Exponect.com Team
What is Parameter
Parameter means an additional thing. In blogging ?m=1
is not a part of actual URL but it is added at the end of URL in blogger
therefore URL with ?m=1 is called Duplicate URL.
Why ?m=1 Issues Created on Blogger:
When a blogger publishes post with Title and URL on
blog created on Blogger platform then readers visit his blog using domain name
like or by clicking post title indexed on Google.
These users use computers and mobiles.
When a readers use computer to visit your blog on free
blogger platform using your domain name then your actual domain name then there
is no ?m=1 at the end of your domain like yourblog.com in address bar
But when
readers use mobile to visit your blog via domain name then sometimes Google
indexes your domain name with ?m=1
This is not original URL of domain like
https:www.exponect.com?m=1
This is duplicate version of original domain with
parameter ?m=1
Same thing happens when visitors clicks on your
indexed article on Google using mobile then Google receives a signal about your
URL with ? m=1 and sometimes index it like
https://www.exponect.com/2026/05/blogger-m1-canonical-tag-fix-issues-indexing-redirect-seo.html?m=1
but when computer users visit your blog or website
then Google gets signal of your actual structure of URL without ?m=1
Similarly, subdomain users on bloggers also face the
same issue of ?m=1
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Mobile version |
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Desktop version |
https://exponect.blogspot.com/2026/05/blogger-m1-canonical-tag-fix-issues-indexing-redirect-seo.html?m=1 |
Same case happens with domain name like
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Mobile version |
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Desktop version |
https://www.exponect.com |
Bloggers who use sub-domain
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Mobile version |
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Desktop version |
SEO issues caused by ?m=1 on Blogger
Delayed Indexing
When Google has two versions of your blog post; one is
desktop version and second is mobile version with ?m=1 then Google Search
Engine takes time to index the actual URL of your blog post. As a result, you
see “Alternate page with proper canonical tag” in Google Search Console (GSC).
How to solve Delayed Indexing on Blogger:
When you see the issue of
canonical tag in your GSC
Click
See Detail
Clikc
validation
Your validation will start and this issue will solve
Page with Redirect Issue on Blogger:
How to Solve Page with Redirect due to ?m=1
Blocked by robots.txt
This error happens when you make changes robots.txt on
your blogger blog
A number of people and bloggers will tell you that
this ?m=1 will solve if you make changes in your robots.txt
But when you changes default settings then your Google
Search Console receives a message like Blocked by robots.txt
How To Solve Blocked by robots.txt
Set blogger robots.txt on default settings as you can
see in the image below
Do you need any Code to solve ?m=1 or Duplicate URL in Blogger
No, you don’t need any code to solve Alternate page
with proper canonical tag (?m=1). Blogger handles it and removes it
automatically. You can only use GSC in your blogger platform to solve this so
that your post can be indexed with actual URL not with duplicate URL.
Some bloggers and YouTubers use false claim that ?m=1 is a Serious Threat in SEO on Blogger. As I have mentioned that it creates an issue like delayed indexing
?m=1 is not a serious error threat, bug a minor issue
in blogger. Its feature of blogger platform. Many bloggers and YouTubers will
mention it as serious threat or major issue which stop indexing and ranking on
Google but it is totally wrong and they use only clickbait titles for views and
clicks only.