301 redirect in sitemap – ahref site audit

#169043
  • Resolved Michael East
    Rank Math free

    Good morning,

    I have been getting many 301 redirects in my sitemap warning from ahref site audits. the Majority of these URL’s are old image URL’s that are being 301’d to my homepage.

    I went to remove them from the sitemap but when looking at the Rank Math sitemap I don’t see any of these URL’s. Is there a setting in Rank Math I’m missing that will eliminate these needed URL’s and 301’s as it negatively impacts SEO.

    I use Rank Math on more than one site and both sites have this error in site audits. Help, please!!

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  • Hello,

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

    I’ve also checked your sitemap, and it seems that those URLs are not showing there. Could you please also check in Rank Math > Redirections if you have added them as a redirect to your homepage?

    Since you mentioned that majority of them are images, please also check in Rank Math > General Settings > Links: Redirect Attachments if it is enabled.
    Redirect Attachments

    I hope that helps. Thank you, and looking forward to your update.

    Hello,

    Yes, I have both of those settings in place and the issue still remains.

    Cheers,
    Mike

    OK, I just found the culprit. My host provides Jetpack with my plan and Jetpack created its own sitemap that has these URL’s in it. I will disable this sitemap and then re-run the audits, ill reach out if I need anything further. Cheers, Mike

    Anas
    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    We are happy that you found the culprit.

    If you do have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.

    Thank you.

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