# Google indexed link not pointing to the correct post

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-indexed-link-not-pointing-to-the-correct-post/61443>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [22 Abril, 2017 18:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-indexed-link-not-pointing-to-the-correct-post/61443 "2017-04-22T18:19:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\
**Post date:** [10 Diciembre, 2018 16:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-indexed-link-not-pointing-to-the-correct-post/61443/9 "2018-12-10T16:31:23Z")

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For the record, this is how the search results look for me right now:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/5/750c89617feff6ba87a66d4cab98913c023f4abc.png)

```plaintext
https://blog.codinghorror.com/thunderbolting-your-video-card/
https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/thunderbolting-your-video-card/5157?page=2

```

The strange thing is that the search term isn’t present on **page 2**. It’s found in **post 12** which belongs to **page 1**. So, when you land on page 2 which translates to posts 20 and onwards, you don’t find what you were looking for. That’s quite confusing for users.

And I think Google gets confused too because the [blog post](https://blog.codinghorror.com/thunderbolting-your-video-card/) links to **post 31** via the ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/6/d67f1701852751fc570f1af96f5fe4d2a09093e9.png) link.

When you visit `https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/thunderbolting-your-video-card/5157/31` as Google Bot you land on a page that contains **post 11** up to **post 31**. And the `canonical` wrongfully points to `https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/thunderbolting-your-video-card/5157?page=2`.

I think the correct fix is to show the search bot the full page that includes the linked post. For post 31 that would be page 2 starting at post 21 and ending at max 40.

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