URL contains a noindex tag

#172549
  • Resolved Georgi

    4 years, 8 months ago

    Rank Math free

    Hello,
    Can you help me with this case? I have affected 26 pages with a noindex tag.

    1. In the plugin settings I have marked as “index” in setting > Global Meta
    2. Аlso in every post > Advanced > Robots Meta> check box “Index”.
    3. In Dashboard > SEO Title and Meta > Post Formats > Format Archives Robots Meta I have checked “ON” > Format Archives Robots Meta > No index (may be here is the problem???)
    4. WordPress > Settings > Reading > Search engine visibility > I have Unchecked this box

    Google console warning:

    To the owner of https://veronikakrivoshieva.com/

    The Search Console has detected that your site is affected by 1 Coverage issue:

    The most important mistakes

    Errors can prevent your page or feature from appearing in search results. The following errors were found on your site:

    The submitted URL contains a noindex tag

    We recommend that you troubleshoot these issues whenever possible to ensure the best performance and maximum coverage in Google Search.

    Example some of 26 affected page:

    https://veronikakrivoshieva.com/elegant-style-in-black/

    https://veronikakrivoshieva.com/netherlands-recap/

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  • Anas

    4 years, 8 months ago

    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math, and sorry for any inconvenience caused.

    I have checked your pages, sitemap, and robots.txt and everything seems to be correct.

    If you have previously noindexed your site, it is possible that Google has not seen the recent changes on your site.

    Can you please follow these steps?
    1. Flush the Sitemap cache by following this video screencast:
    https://i.rankmath.com/pipRDp

    2. Exclude the Sitemap files of the Rank Math plugin in your caching plugin. The cache could be via a plugin or from the server. For plugins or Cloudflare, please follow this article:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/exclude-sitemaps-from-caching/

    Once done, remove all the sitemaps from the search console and add only the sitemap_index.xml and wait for Google to crawl the sitemap.

    That should fix the issue. Please let me know if that does not. We are here to assist.

    Georgi

    4 years, 8 months ago

    Rank Math free

    I have the same problem because I followed steps 1 and 2, but I didn’t delete all the sitemaps from the Google console.
    Can I repeat all the steps again?
    How do I clear the Sitemap cache again?
    Can I repeat the steps in the video and reset the parameters (Site Map Links) to 200 or do 202?

    Anas

    4 years, 8 months ago

    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    Yes, you can follow the steps in the screencast, it will clear the sitemap cache.
    https://i.rankmath.com/pipRDp

    Yes, you can set the sitemap links to 202.

    Please make sure you also exclude sitemap from caching:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/exclude-sitemaps-from-caching/

    Then remove the sitemap from GSC and add the sitemap_index.xml.

    I hope this helps. Looking forward to helping you.

    RankBot

    4 years, 7 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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