Hello, I apologize for the issue you are facing with the ‘noindex’ detected in the ‘X-Robots-Tag’ HTTP header and your sitemap not updating. To resolve this, please follow these steps:
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Check Whether URLs Have Been Marked as ‘Noindex’:
- Open the page source of the URL that has the issue.
- Confirm if the page’s header includes the “noindex” robots meta tag.
- If the page is correctly set to noindex, check if Google has crawled your page/sitemap since the changes were made.
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Ensure Sitemap Accessibility:
- Verify if Google can access your website’s sitemap.
- Use a tool like httpstatus.io to check sitemap accessibility.
- If your sitemap returns a 404 error, refer to this tutorial to fix it.
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Check Sitemap Indexing:
- Make sure your posts are set to index in Rank Math SEO → Titles & Meta.
- Enable the Index checkbox in the Robots Meta settings and save changes.
If you have followed these steps and the issue persists, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent will assist you further. Thank you for raising this concern.
Sources:
How to Fix Submitted URL Marked ‘NoIndex’ Error » Rank Math
Common robots.txt Issues & How to Fix Them » Rank Math
How to Fix “Incorrect HTTP Header Content-Type” Error in Sitemaps » Rank Math
Troubleshooting the “Couldn’t Fetch” Error in Google Search Console » Rank Math
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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.
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