Page is not indexed: Excluded by ‘noindex’ tag

#959440
  • Resolved James D Armstrong

    7 months ago

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    Google says I have 7 pages that aren’t indexed for this reason. but the meta/robots thing says indexed. I’ve selected the box for indexed. I can’t find any reason why, and it’s been like this from day one, a week ago.

    I hate SEO.

    <meta name=”description” content=”WritersWithoutWalls Blog page, articles about Writing Tips, Industry News, Community, AI & Writing & Web3 Writing. Writen by and for writers from the community.”/>
    <meta name=”robots” content=”follow, index, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1, max-image-preview:large”/>
    <link rel=”canonical” href=”https://blog.writerswithoutwalls.com/&#8221; />

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  • RankBot

    7 months ago

    Hello,

    We apologize for the issue you are facing with your pages not being indexed due to the ‘noindex’ tag. It can be frustrating when things don’t work as expected, especially with SEO.

    Here are a few steps you can take to troubleshoot this issue:

    1. Check Rank Math’s Titles & Meta Settings: Ensure that the noindex setting is not set as a default value in your Titles & Meta settings. You can do this by navigating to Rank Math SEO → Titles & Meta and reviewing each section to confirm that the settings align with your preferences. If you find any pages set to “noindex” that you want indexed, change them to “index”.
      Set Noindex in Titles and Meta Settings

    2. Verify the Meta Tags on Your Pages: Since you mentioned that the meta tags indicate "index", double-check that there are no conflicting settings in the Rank Math meta box for each individual page. Make sure the Index option is checked in the Advanced tab of the Rank Math meta box for those specific pages.

    3. Global Settings: Check your global settings at WordPress Dashboard → Rank Math SEO → Titles & Meta → Posts/Pages/Products/CPTs to ensure that there are no overarching settings causing this issue.

    4. Robots.txt File: Ensure that your robots.txt file does not contain any rules that might be blocking Google from crawling your pages. You can edit your robots.txt file in Rank Math under WordPress Dashboard → Rank Math SEO → General Settings → Edit robots.txt.
      Edit robots.txt

    5. Google Search Console: If everything seems correct on your end, consider checking Google Search Console for any additional insights or errors related to indexing.

    If after checking these settings you still encounter issues, 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, and we hope to help you resolve it soon!

    Rakibuzzaman Siam

    7 months ago

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

    Can you please share the affected page URLs with us so that we can check the issue further for you?

    Meanwhile, you can follow the steps mentioned in this guide and see if that works for you: https://rankmath.com/kb/excluded-by-noindex-tag/

    Let us know how it goes. Looking forward to helping you.

    RankBot

    6 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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