URL is not an AMP page, nor does it link to an AMP page

  • Resolved dwim

    (@dwim)


    1 year, 10 months ago

    Our posts are no longer valid in the eyes of the AMP Test tool.

    Each article has a /amp/ equivalent and renders just fine – but Google is claiming “The URL is not an AMP page, nor does it link to an AMP page.”

    We’re a little confused as to why it stopped working. We have since upgraded the plugin from 2.0.10 to the current version but this did not remedy our issue.

    Any support on this would be greatly appreciated.

    UUID: ampwp-cfcb53fd-614a-5a68-9861-c0b47ae90ca0

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  • Plugin Support Milind More

    (@milindmore22)

    Hello @dwim

    Thank you for contacting us, It seems you are using AMP plugin in Reader Mode with Legacy theme.

    When you choose Reader Mode or Transitional Mode, the AMP plugin will create two versions of your website, AMP and non-AMP

    The non-AMP version of your website as the name suggests servers non-AMP pages, These pages are basically served from your primary theme and don’t use any AMP validation norms, those pages can be accessed without using any query parameter or endpoint such as /amp/

    The non-AMP pages are served to mostly desktop users.

    The AMP pages as name suggested are version of AMP pages created from non-AMP pages by AMP plugin, Theses pages follows AMP validation and served mostly to mobile users through AMP cache, you can access them using ?amp=1 query parmeter or /amp/ endpoint

    non-AMP page : https://www.cardschat.com/news/lawmakers-hope-fifth-time-is-the-charm-for-online-poker-legalization-in-kentucky-115094/

    AMP Page: https://www.cardschat.com/news/lawmakers-hope-fifth-time-is-the-charm-for-online-poker-legalization-in-kentucky-115094/amp/

    Please note the /amp/ at end of URL

    That being said, You are testing the non-AMP page on AMP test, Please check the AMP test here, Please note /amp/ in URL

    You can learn more about AMP plugin using our getting started guide

    OR

    You can follow the Video series on Youtube

    We hope this helps!

    Thread Starter dwim

    (@dwim)

    Thank you @milindmore22 for your response.

    That all makes sense. Forgive my stupidity but should there be a link between the two pages? ie. a canonical on the non-AMP page to the AMP version?

    I’m still trying to workout why Google SRP is not picking up the AMP version pages on mobile.

    Plugin Support Milind More

    (@milindmore22)

    Hello @dwim

    Yes there is a link between AMP and non-AMP pages

    On a non-AMP page, you will find <link rel="ampthml"> tag in the <head> tag, which tells Google bots that there is an AMP version available for this page when they are crawling your website, it will check for AMP validation of that page and it will cache it using AMP cache.

    the non-AMP page also has <link rel="canonical"> which makes it absolute that it’s “canonical” page.

    eg:

    <link rel="amphtml" >

    On an AMP page, you will find <link rel="canonical"> which tells Google bots that there is canonical version of this AMP page and it is located at this URL

    eg: 

    <link rel="canonical" >

    You can read more about AMP discovery from AMP documentation

    We hope this helps!

    Thread Starter dwim

    (@dwim)

    Thanks again @milindmore22 .

    It looks like we’ve got it setup correctly.

    Google Search Console is not detecting any valid AMP url’s so I guess my next stop will be to understand AMP Cache and how to invalidate it / why it’s perhaps no longer updating. That’s out of scope for this support topic I guess.

    Plugin Support Milind More

    (@milindmore22)

    Yes, but here are a few pointers

    Your AMP pages are valid

    If you just set up the AMP plugin it may take up to 2-3 weeks for google bots to re-crawl your website and list the AMP pages.

    You can check if your AMP pages have been listed on Google Search Console by Searching it in URL Inspector. (make sure to search with /amp/ endpoint in URL)

    We hope this helps!

    Thread Starter dwim

    (@dwim)

    Thanks @milindmore22 . Yes, it does help.

    We’ve been using the AMP plugin for years now. I finally gained access to our GSC today and checked the same thing you recommended.

    For the url’s i tested, they’re all unindexed because “Page is not indexed: Alternative page with proper canonical tag”. The non-AMP url’s are indexed so i’m still not sure why our articles no longer appear under Google News.

    Thanks for your help.

    Hello, I have installed amp plugin for my website but it is not showing link rel=”amphtml” tag it is showing me only rel=canonical tag only i need both tag on blog details page pl help me

    • This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by ygupta13.
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