Hello,
We apologize for the issue you are facing with the Instant Indexing feature. The error message "Error 404. Requested entity was not found" typically indicates that the URL you are trying to index is either incorrect or no longer exists.
Here are a few steps you can take to troubleshoot this issue:
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Check the URL: Ensure that the URL you are trying to submit is correct and accessible. You can try visiting the URL directly in your browser to confirm it is live.
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Re-submit the URL: If the URL is correct, try re-submitting it through the Instant Indexing feature in Rank Math. Sometimes, a temporary issue may cause the error.
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Review Post Status: Make sure that the post associated with the URL is published and not in draft or private status, as this can also lead to a 404 error when indexing.
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Check for Deletions: If the post has been deleted or moved, that would also result in a 404 error. Ensure that the content is still available on your site.
If you continue to experience issues after checking these points, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further. Thank you for raising this concern!
Sources:
How to Fix the Submitted URL Seems to Be a “Soft 404” Error » Rank Math
How to Fix "Crawled – Currently Not Indexed" Error in Google Search Console » Rank Math
Hello,
Thank you for contacting support.
If you are getting the 404 error it means that the URLs are not in the Indexing API. Since 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 as mentioned multiple times before.
Hope that helps and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions.
Thank you.
Ok. Understood. So since I don’t have any if those website type, do you recommend I uninstall the plug in? Since it’s seeming not helpful.
Hello,
Yes, if your website doesn’t fall under these categories, you can avoid using the Google Indexing API.
Hope that helps and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions.
Thank you.
Hello,
We are glad to know that this issue has been resolved. Thank you for letting us know.
This ticket will be closed now, but you can always open a new one if you have any other questions or concerns. We are here to help you with anything related to Rank Math.
We appreciate your patience and cooperation throughout this process.
Thank you for choosing Rank Math.
