Hello,
I apologize for the issue you are facing with the Instant Indexing feature of the Rank Math plugin. It sounds frustrating that your posts are not being crawled despite receiving success messages during submission.
Here are a few things you can check to troubleshoot this issue:
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Check for Noindex Tags: Ensure that your posts do not have the noindex attribute set, which would prevent them from being indexed by search engines. You can verify this in the Rank Math settings for each post.
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Robots.txt File: Make sure your robots.txt file is not blocking search engines from crawling your site. You can check this by navigating to `https://rankmath.com/kb/google-index/#wordpress-global-settings in your browser.
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Crawl Errors: Since you mentioned getting a 404 error when checking the URL status, it’s possible that there might be an issue with the permalink structure or that the post has been deleted or moved. Ensure that the URL you are checking is correct and that the post is published and accessible.
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Content Duplication: If there are duplicate contents on your site, Google may not index them. Check for any duplicate content issues and consider setting canonical URLs if necessary.
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Wait Time: Sometimes, even after successful submissions, it may take time for Google to crawl and index your pages. If your website is new, it might take longer for Google to recognize and index your content.
If you’ve checked all these aspects and the issue persists, we recommend replying to this ticket with your website URL so that a human agent from our support team can assist you further. They will be able to provide more specific guidance based on your site’s configuration.
Thank you for raising this concern, and we hope to resolve it for you soon!
Sources:
How to Fix "Crawled – Currently Not Indexed" Error in Google Search Console » Rank Math
Discovered – Currently Not Indexed in Google Search Console » Rank Math
Hello,
Thank you for your query and we are so sorry about the trouble this must have caused.
That error means the URL was still not processed by the Indexing API from Google. It’s important to note that the requirements for that have changed and now the URLs go through rigorous spam detection.
Besides that, the guidelines now state that this is exclusive to a particular set of websites, so if your website doesn’t fall under that category or is considered spammy the submission will go through but the API will never parse the URLs.
You can check the full guidelines here: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quickstart
Looking forward to helping you.
I beleive that my website is new maybe thats what causing this problem ? because i post embedded videos only which are a necessaty to post on time can you tell me how can i fix this because i want to post about 20 to 25 blogs a day because thats how many performances/festivals/concerts happens
Hello,
As we mentioned the API is only for two types of websites (job posting and live streams) and goes through rigorous spam detection due to recent changes in Google, it’s much more difficult to get URLs into the API.
So, unless you have one of the website types we mentioned and the content is unique, you won’t be able to use this feature consistently and you shouldn’t as the API was never intended for it as mentioned in our own documentation.
The bottom line is that our submissions to the API are working fine, but if the pages are not accepted into it because of guidelines issues, there’s nothing we can do.
The Instant Indexing plugin was put through rigorous testing and we can see the submissions are working, but we cannot force Google to accept them.
Hope that helps and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions.
Thank you.
Hello,
Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.
If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.
Thank you.
