Have a Blogger Blog and Keep Getting the Failed: Redirect Error from Google Search Console? Worry no more - read this!

You're encountering a common and mostly harmless issue with Blogger blogs and Google Search Console. Here's a breakdown of what's happening and what you can do:

What’s Causing the “Failed: Redirect Error”?

  • Blogger automatically redirects mobile users (including Googlebot Smartphone) to a mobile version of your blog post using a 302 Temporary Redirect to a URL ending in ?m=1.
  • This is normal behavior for Blogger and not a bug.
  • Google Search Console flags this as a “Redirect error”, but in most cases, there’s nothing to fix

Why It Happens

  • Googlebot now crawls most sites as a mobile user.
  • When it tries to access your blog post (e.g., yourblog.blogspot.com/post-title), it gets redirected to yourblog.blogspot.com/post-title?m=1.
  • Since this is a 302 redirect, Google treats it as temporary and may delay indexing the original URL.

What You Should Do

  1. Check for Canonical Tags
    Make sure your Blogger theme includes the canonical tag:

          

                <link rel="canonical" href="https://yourblog.blogspot.com/your-post-url.html"/>

           This tells Google that the desktop version (without ?m=1) is the preferred URL.

       2. Avoid Blocking ?m=1 URL
           Do not block ?m=1 in robots.txt or add noindex tags. This can break the mobile/desktop 
           relationship and hurt indexing.

       3. Use the URL Inspection Tool
              a. Inspect both the desktop and mobile (?m=1) versions.
              b. If either is indexable, you're fine.
              c. You can request indexing for the canonical (desktop) version.
       4. Be Patient
              a. Google may take time to resolve the redirect and index the correct version.
              b. If your blog is only 2 months old, this delay is not unusual.

Summary:

Basically, this is mostly normal behavior for the Blogger platform.  Below is a synopsis of the issues and a quick explanation.  


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