Sitemaps

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  • Resolved Brett

    3 years, 4 months ago

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    Hello. I have a complex issue with the sitemaps. I was using WordPress and RankMath was the plugin for the sitemaps. I love RankMath! However, I’ve migrated the site to a customized CMS and no longer use RankMath.

    A few months ago I deleted all of the sitemaps on Google Search Console. And WordPress was deleted.

    Here’s the issue. I have a directory with 1+ million professionals. The URL for the directory before the migration was thebuildermarket.com/directory and now it’s thebuildermarket.com/pros. Even though all of the sitemaps have been deleted, Google is still indexing pages with the /directory prefix. I’ve also enabled IndexNow on Bing and every single day Bing is receiving submissions with URLs with the /directory prefix.

    This makes me wonder if RankMath has published the original sitemaps? How do we delete the prior sitemaps? Is it possible for you to purge all of the data from the plugin?

    I’ve submitted a temporary removal on Google for thebuildermarket.com/directory, but the pages are still indexed.

    What would you suggest needs to be done to purge all /directory URLs with Google?

    Thank you for your help!

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  • Reinelle

    3 years, 4 months ago

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention. I’m sorry for any inconvenience this issue may have caused you.

    I’ve checked the link on Google, but it seems that they have already been removed. Also, you have already a rule in your robots.txt to disallow the /directory from search engines

    Removed

    To completely uninstall Rank Math and remove the data, you may need to install the plugin again on a WordPress environment and follow the steps here:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/uninstall/

    However, since you have mentioned that you’re already using a customized CMS, that won’t be necessary. You can follow the steps in this link to remove your sitemap from your GSC (if haven’t done yet):
    https://mssaro.com/remove-sitemap-from-google-search-console-or-bing/

    In case you wanted important/specific links to be removed immediately, you can use the page removal tool in your Google Search Console account.

    Removal

    Here’s a link for more information:
    https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9689846?hl=en

    Hope that helps.

    Thank you.

    RankBot

    3 years, 3 months ago

    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.

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