rank seo plugin issue

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  • Resolved Gigi garcia

    7 months ago

    Rank Math free

    Hello, I’ve been having issues with the rankmath seo plugin. I was unable to index my sitemaps because it was Excluded by ‘noindex’ tag and I checked every option in the plugin to make sure ‘index’ was checked not ‘noindex’ and everything seemed fine but on google console I still got Excluded by ‘noindex’ tag 61 pages. I got support from dreamhost and they were able to add a code that was supposed to remove or override the ‘noindex’ tag and even that didn’t work. My google console report came back and said now there was a ‘noindex’ tag and ‘allow index’ tag which was confusing the crawl bots. Once I deactivated rankmath seo I was able to get those pages in to get fixed and indexed. I really enjoy this plugin but I’m not happy with the issues it’s given me. Is there a way to fix this?

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  • RankBot

    7 months ago

    Hello,

    We apologize for the issues you are facing with the Rank Math SEO plugin. It sounds frustrating to deal with the ‘noindex’ tag and the confusion it has caused in Google Search Console.

    To address the ‘Excluded by noindex tag’ issue, here are some steps you can take:

    1. Identify Affected Pages: First, check which pages are affected by the ‘noindex’ tag in Google Search Console. You can do this by navigating to the Pages section and clicking on Not indexed. Then, click on the “Excluded by ‘noindex’ tag” status to see the list of affected pages.
      Excluded by NoIndex tag - Google Search Console status

    2. Remove NoIndex Tags: For each affected page, ensure that the ‘noindex’ tag is removed. You can do this by checking the page’s HTML code or using the Rank Math settings:

      • Go to the Rank Math SEO meta box on the edit screen of each page and ensure that the ‘noindex’ option is not selected.
      • Additionally, check your Settings → Reading in your WordPress dashboard. Make sure that the checkbox labeled Discourage search engines from indexing this site is unchecked.
        Leave Search engine visibility unchecked

    3. Check for Conflicting Plugins or Themes: Sometimes, other plugins or themes may add conflicting ‘noindex’ tags. Review any other SEO-related plugins or settings that might be affecting your site.

    4. Crawl Settings: Ensure that your pages are not blocked from crawling in your robots.txt file. If they are blocked, Google may not recognize that the ‘noindex’ tag has been removed.

    5. Re-submit Sitemaps: After making these changes, re-submit your sitemap in Google Search Console to prompt Google to re-crawl your site.

    If you have followed these steps and are still experiencing issues, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from our 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 some affected page URLs here 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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