internal outlink 301 to author page

#550704
  • Resolved Arien

    1 year, 9 months ago

    Rank Math free

    Hello,

    After running SEO check program I get a warning that my posts are giving an internal outlink 301 to author page.

    The author page is displayed after every post and this is what I like.
    But I believe this should not render a 301 redirect.

    Can you please let me have your opinion? Should this 301 be undone? And if so, how?

    Thanks in advance for your help.
    Arien

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  • Reinelle

    1 year, 8 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 some of your posts, and indeed the author URL is redirecting to your homepage which should redirect to the author URL.

    In this case, head over to Rank Math > Titles & Meta > Authors and enable the Author archives option:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/titles-and-meta/#author-archives

    Once done, check again the author URL if they are opening fine.

    Hope that helps.

    Thank you.

    Arien

    1 year, 8 months ago

    Rank Math free

    Thank you,

    Just for your info I am single author and read in standard instructions it should NOT be enabled.

    But if you say to have it enabled I will do so. Can you please re-confirm just to be sure 😉

    If enabling I assume to set it to no-index?

    Sandeepan Kumar

    1 year, 8 months ago

    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    Google recommends including author URL to your Article Schema. Rank Math adds the author URL to Article Schema automatically if the author archives are enabled. If you prefer adding the author URL to Article Schema, head over to Rank Math > Titles & Meta > Authors > Author Archives as suggest by my colleague.

    Enabling author archive would mean setting it to “index” and Google can crawl the Author URL as well.

    I would suggest going through these article to understand the benefits of having Author URL properly set:
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhall/2013/02/26/6-reasons-why-googles-author-tags-are-important-to-leaders/?sh=187e5e6e352a
    https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-explains-author-page-importance/370996/

    Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

    Thank you

    Arien

    1 year, 8 months ago

    Rank Math free

    Okay, thank you I have enabled author page and made sure it is set to index.

    Hope by doing this my problem will be solved.

    Regards, Arien

    Sandeepan Kumar

    1 year, 8 months ago

    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    Yes, if you see any problem, we’ll be here to resolve the query.

    Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

    Thank you

    RankBot

    1 year, 7 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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