Rank Math Indexing Issue

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  • Resolved Mypianomalaysia
    Rank Math free

    Hi

    I am using Rank Math and not sure why the number of pages indexed is totally off. For example, I only have 18 pages, but if you go site:domain.com it will show 50+ indexed. if you go site:www.domain.com, it will show 100 pages indexed when my site..

    I have shared some screenshot in sensitive data for you to understand the problem better.

    Thanks

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  • Michael Davis
    Rank Math pro

    Hello,

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

    I have checked the affected posts and they have been set to index. Can you confirm that you have submitted the Rank Math sitemap on the search console? ie http://www.domain.com/sitemap_index.xml ?

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

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    Mypianomalaysia
    Rank Math free

    Yes.

    I have submitted the sitemap in GSC before this.

    What happen is this:
    1. I submit sitemap to XML
    2. Import Products with plugin
    3. Removed unwanted products to trash
    4. Double checked on Google if those unwanted products are indexed. (Not indexed)
    5. In GSC, it is showing 100+ products are in sitemap. screenshot shared previously.
    6. Even though I have removed those products to trash, it is still slowly indexing those 404 product pages few days later.

    Michael Davis
    Rank Math pro

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math today.

    Since these products had already been saved on the Google cache, it will take some time to be removed from the SERP. You can however ask Google to remove the outdated data by following these steps:
    https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/6349986?hl=en

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

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    Peter
    Rank Math free

    Hi.

    I already removed those product pages before google even have time to indexed it.

    It is now indexing pages that are removed days ago.

    Michael Davis
    Rank Math pro

    Hello,

    Thanks for getting back to us.

    We might need to take a closer look at the settings. Please edit the first post on this ticket and include your WP logins in the designated Sensitive Data section.
    Sensitive Data Section

    It is completely secure and only our support staff has access to that section. If you want, you can use the below plugin to generate a temporary login URL to your website and share that with us instead:

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/

    You can use the above plugin in conjunction with the WP Security Audit Log to monitor what changes our staff might make on your website (if any):

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/

    We really look forward to helping 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.

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