Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math, and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.
If you want to show only the original posts, check the “no index” option only from Rank Math > Titles & Meta > Tags and wait for Google crawler to revisit your sitemaps. It will take few days to disappear those URL from SERPs.
I hope that helps, and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.
It has almost 3 days since I have made them no index but still they are showing in search results. I have checked the google has crawled my sitemap yesterday yet there is no change. Any other suggestion to fix it ?
Hello,
Thanks for your reply.
I checked the source of some of the tags pages and I was able to find No Index tags applied.
I then checked Google’s cached version of the tag page (/how-to-make-money-online/) and it seems like Google lastly crawled this page on 23 Apr. https://i.rankmath.com/4i1ZTC
In this case, you just need to wait for Google to crawl the page again and de-index it.
Also, I can see in the screenshot that you’ve highlighted the categories too. If you also want to remove (De Index) your category pages from the search results, then please head over to your WordPress admin area > Rank Math > Titles & Meta > Categories, and select the No Index option under the Category Archives Robots Meta. https://i.rankmath.com/CnaZpQ
Hope this helps.
Thank you.
It is almost a month but no update! I am not seeing my original posts! Just seeing tags and categories pages! I am tired of waiting now what to do?
It is almost a month but no update! I am not seeing my original posts! Just seeing tags and categories or archives! I am tired of waiting now what to do?
Hello,
Thanks for getting back to us.
Based on your previous screenshot, I searched the post /ways-to-make-money-online/ and I found that the post is already indexed. Please have a look at the screencast available in the sensitive data section of this ticket and confirm it on your end.
I checked a few of your category pages and I found that you have marked them No Index. However, the cached version of the category page that I checked is of 30th April. You can have a look at the screenshot in the sensitive data section.
In this case, it’s just a waiting game until Google re-crawls the pages and de-indexes them. You can also clear your website’s cache and remove all the sitemaps from your Google Search Console account, and then submit only the main sitemap (your-domin.com/sitemap_index.xml).
Doing this would provide Google with the updated sitemap and would avoid the possibility for Google to see a cached version of the sitemap.
Hope this helps.
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.
