B
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20% -- share of indexation issues from incorrect sitemap configurations for Google indexation issues (2025)
Over 20% of all indexation issues result from incorrect sitemap configurations according to Google estimates.
- Google estimate cited as 'over 20%'
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20%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
35
Freshness
95
Source
infinix360.com
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Tier C
https://www.infinix360.com/steps-to-resolve-the-alternate-page-with-proper-canonical-tag-error-in-go… ↗
Source Article
Steps to Resolve the 'Alternate Page with Proper Canonical Tag' Error in Google Search Console
Google Search Console is your website’s health report so to speak—telling you what is working and what is not. But getting the ‘Alternate Page with Proper Canonical Tag’ error? That’s like getting a mysterious symptom with no simple cure! The SEO technical issue arises when Google comes across a pag…
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Google indexation issues: 20% share of indexation issues from incorrect sitemap configurations. Source: infinix360.com (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/indexation-issues-sitemap-config-google
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/indexation-issues-sitemap-config-google" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>20%</strong> -- share of indexation issues from incorrect sitemap configurations for Google indexation issues<br><small>Source: infinix360.com (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/indexation-issues-sitemap-config-google" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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