Redirects and Hits on 404

Hello,

We apologize for the issues you are facing with your page indexing and redirects. Thank you for providing detailed information and screenshots. Let’s address your concerns one by one:

1. Sitemap Issues: It seems like there might be a problem with how the sitemaps are configured or submitted. Make sure that you are submitting the correct XML sitemap to Google, which should be available at `https://support.rankmath.com. If you have multiple sitemaps, ensure that they are correctly linked and accessible. You can also check for any plugin conflicts that might be affecting the sitemap generation by using the Health Check plugin.

2. Redirects Not Working: If the redirects you set up in Rank Math are not functioning as expected, please ensure that you have configured them correctly in the plugin. Additionally, if your staging domain is no longer active, it may cause issues with HTTPS settings. You might want to check your server settings to ensure that they are configured to handle HTTPS correctly. If the problem persists, please reply to this ticket with your site URL so we can assist you further.

3. High Count of 404s: Rank Math does indeed track 404 errors, but it does not provide direct insights into their sources. However, you can use the 404 Monitor feature in Rank Math to see the URLs that are generating these errors. This can help you identify where the requests are coming from. If you need more detailed analysis, consider checking your server logs or using Google Search Console to see if there are any specific URLs causing issues.

If you have any further questions or need additional assistance, please feel free to reply to this ticket, and a human agent from our support team will take over and help you out.

Thank you for your patience!

Sources:
Rank Math Sitemap Issues and Their Fixes » Rank Math
How to Fix the Submitted URL Seems to Be a “Soft 404” Error » Rank Math

Hello,

1. You should only submit your main sitemap index in your Google Search Console account. You can remove all your submitted sitemaps and resubmit your main sitemap only /sitemap_index.xml.

Also, the “Crawled – currently not indexed” status means Google has crawled your page but has not indexed it yet. Finding a certain number of URLs with this status is entirely normal because Google does not index all the URLs we submit.

This isn’t an error, but there are some reasons for excluding the pages from its index.

Here’s a link for more information:
https://rankmath.com/kb/crawled-currently-not-indexed/

2. It is not possible to redirect subdomains/staging using Rank Math. If you need to set a redirect for your subdomain, you should contact your web host as it needs to be done on your server.

3. Please note that we only report 404, and we do not have information on how or why they are generated.

You can get further insight into them by enabling the advanced monitor at WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > General Settings > 404 Monitor:
https://rankmath.com/kb/monitor-404-errors/#advanced-404-monitor

That will give you more information like referrer and user-agent. You can use that information to track down the source or find out if it is just bots generating those errors.

You can also add them to the exclusion list at WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > General Settings > 404 Monitor > Exclude Paths.

Lastly, the redirection for parameterized URLs (with /?) is only available with Rank Math PRO:
https://rankmath.com/kb/setting-up-redirections/#parameterized-url

Looking forward to helping you.

Hello,

Please note that each time Google uses a sitemap to find a URL, the number of discovered URLs increases by one.

Sitemaps are only one of the few methods Google uses to discover your URLs, so it is fine for your articles to be referred to by other URLs on your site.

Also, when the count of the Discovered URLs is zero or does not match your actual sitemap in your Google Search Console, it means Google didn’t use the sitemap to find the URLs.

Here’s a link for more information:
https://rankmath.com/kb/zero-discovered-urls-through-sitemap/

Regarding the redirects, it should be done via regex redirection through the .htaccess for your subdomain. Your web host can set that up so the slug will also redirect to the new site.

Lastly, you should submit the final version of your site https://tinywoodson.be/functie-care/ (with a trailing slash at the end) to your Google Search Console.

Looking forward to helping you.

Hello,

We checked your page, and we can see it is getting redirected from the non-trailing slash to the trailing slash.

Please note that if the page is not causing any problems and redirects users to the correct page, then there is no need to fix it, and you can ignore the error.

For more details on this issue, you can check this URL: https://rankmath.com/kb/page-with-redirect/

Regarding the sitemap, we suggest submitting only the /sitemap_index.xml on GSC, but you can submit multiple sitemaps, and it will not cause any issues.

Hope that helps and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions.
 
Thank you.

Hello,

You can simply click the link you shared, and it opens with a trailing slash. Also, you can verify it by using these tools:
https://httpstatus.io/
https://view.hugo-decoded.be/

Regarding your site indexing, you should check your Google Search Console > Indexing > Pages section to determine any issues reported on your URLs that may have prevented your site from being indexed:
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7440203?hl=en

You can share the screenshot of the report here so we can check it as well. You can upload screenshots using this tool and add the link here.

Looking forward to helping you.