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How to Remove Blogger m=1 from URLs, Optimize SEO

You’re facing duplicate content SEO issues due to m=1 in the Blogger blog. And want to remove m=1 from the Blogger then this content is for you. Let’s understand how to remove the Blogger m=1 duplicate content issue and enhance the SEO of the blog.

Optimization of content for search engines is essential for a website to rank. But what if the same content is served via two different URLs? Yes, we’re talking about Blogger. Blogger CMS serves the same webpage through two URLs – a clean URL for desktop users and a query parameter URL for mobile users.

What is Blogger m=1 Issue?

The “m=1” query parameter that appears in your Blogger blog’s URL is related to your site’s mobile version. It is automatically added to the URLs of your blog when someone accesses the Blogger website via a mobile device.

The Blogger CMS serves canonical URLs to desktop and canonical URLs with m=1 to mobile users. This article will explain how to fix the Blogger m=1 issue for the Blogger blog.

  • Desktop Version: https://www.example.com/
  • Mobile Version: https://www.example.com/?m=1
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Fix Blogger m=1 issue

But if you only want to remove m=1 from the end of the web page URL, this post is not for you, as we’re not here to spoil the on-page SEO website.

You can add some script and remove m=1, but search engines will punish your blog by decreasing its page rank.

We can provide you with such a script, but no, as we’re here to boost the blog’s Search Engine Optimization and not degrade it. Read this complete article before applying any script, etc. Use proper methods to do things.

Is it Possible to Remove m=1 from Blogger?

No, Removing the m=1 from the Blogger URLs is practically impossible, as we do not have access to the root of the Blogger. But removing/?m=1 from the Blogger blog posts is unnecessary.

You can hide m=1 from the URLs served on mobile devices by implementing javascript code to the theme file, but the javascript will only visually hide the m=1, not remove it. You can check that in the HTTP header response and the Google PageSpeed Insight tool. So, the javascript injection method will disturb the On-Page SEO. But don’t worry; we found a perfect way to do this.

The Blogger serves different URLs for mobile and desktop devices with and without m=1, respectively. It’s the same case of different URLs for the same post. In such a case, we can declare the desktop URL as canonical and m=1 as the relative URL, which will help Google prioritize the URL.

Duplicate, submitted URL not selected as canonical in Blogger

β›” As discussed, this article is not for you if you want to remove m=1 from the Blogger blog URL. I’ll guide you on how to solve the issue with the help of Google Search Console.

You can solve the SEO problem of indexing URLs such as – Duplicate and submitted URLs not selected as canonical. This problem occurs because the server serves URLs with m=1 queries for mobile phone users. In 2009, Google released a tool to handle query parameters. This tool was active till 2022, and now Google is smart enough to handle query parameters like m=1.

How to solve Blogger m=1 issue

We can use the Google search console parameter tool to perform this action. The Google search engine recommends these settings under the crawling of parameterized duplicate content. And completely SEO and search engine friendly.

The Google Search Parameter is no longer available. It was removed after the latest search algorithm updates as Google can understand the parameter automatically. So, now you don’t have to worry about this m=1 thing; Google will take care of it.

Earlier, we had to manually report to Google that both with and without m=1 URLs are the same; treat that accordingly. You didn’t need to do anything; ignore this m=1 thing.

If you’re using Adsense Ads for monetization, you can read our guide on Blogger SEO and increase organic traffic and earnings by 150 to 200%. You can also use SEO-friendly Blogger themes.

Don’t add any JavaScript to remove m=1 from the Blogger blog URLs. But if you did, check the header response of the website for mobile. This means that you made things worse from the SEO point of view. Please keep the above things in mind while making such changes.

Additional Tips: What is more important for any blog is the theme. Google supports HTML5 themes. You can also try our SEO-Friendly Blogger blog themes.

Final Words

There is no need to remove the m=1 URL generated by Blogger. Now, Google is smart enough to understand and rank content accordingly. You’ve to focus on creating unique content to rank high in the search results.

In case of any doubt, query, or feedback, feel free to comment in the comment section provided below.

Ashok Sihmar

Ashok Kumar working in the Search Engine Optimization field since 2015. And worked on many successful projects since then. He shares the real-life experience of best SEO practices with his followers on seoneurons.com. You also can learn Advance level SEO for WordPress, Blogger, or any other blogging platform. Stay tuned.

75 Comments

    1. β€œNO” as m=0 is not visible anywhere and that is also canonical URL, we’re declaring url rel=alternative mean relation of article with original url i.e. alternative.

  1. My blogger SEO coverage showing dupplita contant….some with m=1 and some with .html.
    Google is asking to select user canonical.I dont know how to select or add canonical url.
    Please guide
    My blog is
    http://zaoq.blogspot.com

      1. Hello sir, it was very nice article. I do blogging but it is not getting traffic even there are more than 180 post on that. I also used to check plagrism. I don’t know why this issue is. My website is https://www.vigyankiduniya.com/?m=1 . Please check what’s problem.

          1. non je fais mon trafic moi meme , et blogger ne donne aucune aide ou reference possible et nous blocK dans les resultats de recherche ,

    1. Your m=1 will remove from Google index pages, it only display for mobile users, That means same content error resolve. I checked your blog, correctly implemented. So now work on your content and back-links

  2. why when I open the mobile version for this site, https://seoneurons.com there is no version https://seoneurons.com?m=1
    can you tell me the way?

  3. This thing m=1 that shows on mobile theme is any serious issue. It is necessary to resolve or not.

  4. i did it same as u describe but didn’t got any results. can you please make video on this article??

    1. This article already mention that the m=1 will not remove. This will help Google to understand the actual structure of website. And the results in long run. Instant results can’t be possible in SEO.

  5. Hey Ashok, thanks for this blog!
    Actually, I was auditing my blogspot through LightHouse and saw that the redirects were still being made. I had implemented that JavaScript code that just visually removes ‘?m=1’ parameter. Just got to know through this article that it hurts SEO. So, will remove it.
    About that, Changing URL Parameters, you must’ve URL-Prefix Property instead of Domain Property. I had Domain Property of my Blogspot, so just created URL-Prefix property of it, but it doesn’t show any parameters, should I add ‘m’ manually or wait for some time?

  6. Blog mα»›i nhΖ° trang mΓ¬nh cΓ³ cαΊ§n thiαΊΏt phαΊ£i lΓ m cΓ‘ch của bαΊ‘n
    Hay lΓ  xΓ³a ?=1
    Bẑn cho mình xin ý kiến
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    1. Follow all the steps provided in this article to improve the on-Page SEO.
      And in Blogger blog you can’t remove www from the page URL.

  7. Thanks friend for the information, you solved me some recorded problems that I had on my website. My site fell out of positions because of the M parameter, and now it is gradually being resolved.

    1. Hi, I just figured it out myself. So thought to update you too.
      What I did was, I had submitted my blog on the google search console as a domain.
      We have to submit it as a URL.

      So, I removed the property from Google search console and added it back by selecting the Add URL and not Add domain. Now I can access it.
      Voila

  8. Hello Ashok, That’s a brilliant piece of information. Thanks for it.
    However, one thing stands in my way to solve my issue.
    When I click on URL parameters in the GSC, it says, “Legacy tools and reports are not available for domain properties’.
    What should I do?
    Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks

    1. It is because you added and verified your property as domain property. You’ve to add it as a URL prefix property.
      Please remove the property and add it again with the appropriate method.

  9. When ever I enter url parameters
    Mine says I can’t access that section.
    Legacy reports and tools are not available for domain properties.

  10. Hello I want to remove the m=1, the search console tells me:

    Old reports and tools are not available for domain properties.

    How to do, thanks for your help

  11. I added a code between the head section with the help of another platform. check if this work for me to resolve the m=1 issue

  12. Hi Kumar
    I use this code there is no problema

    /* 0) {var clean_uri = uri.substring(0, uri.indexOf(“?m=1″));window.history.replaceState({}, document.title, clean_uri); }; var protocol = window.location.protocol.replace(/\:/g,”); if(protocol == ‘http’){ var url = window.location.href.replace(‘http’,’https’); window.location.replace(url);} /*]]>*/

    The above code removes &m=1 that appears when accessing the page via mobile and redirects the link
    Because if &m=1 is not removed,
    The link conversion page will not work when visitors access it on different mobile platforms. This code also redirects visitors from “http” to “https”.

  13. Tried to follow what you stated above but too bad currently Google deprecated the solution. The URL Parameters section has been temporarily terminated. You can go see for yourself. If you got time, kindly find a solution, different from what we read above cause thousands might need it.

    The site I needed help with is: https://www.offblogmedia.com/
    Best regards.

  14. I recently shifted from Blogger to WordPress.
    My site is https://hindisudha.com/
    But as my site was on blogger previously, still my visitors visit: https://hindisudha.com/?m=1
    But this says: THAT PAGE CANNOT BE FOUND.
    It shows an error.
    And this shows an error on every single page with is indexed in Google with ?m=1
    Can you please help me and lemme know what exactly can I do to resolve this issue please.
    Your kind help will be highly appreciated.
    Thank you
    Sheetal

  15. I am unable to remove ?m=1 only from a couple of pages that are already indexed on Google. Whenever I do a search for those keywords and click on them Google sends it to m=1 page. Though all other pages are without m=1 but can’t do it on a couple of pages I guess 3 pages there are.

  16. Hi. In my Google search there is also the problem, but Google doesnt see, that both are the same. πŸ˜” please help

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  18. I face same problem with my Basketball related site: https://www.basketballxpress.com
    but your article remove my all confusion thanks

  19. Thank you. When I start this my blog is ranking higher on google. When I wanted to implement some java script, I don’t come across this your advice blog. Now my web site is serving some punish… Please how can i fixed it?

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