Google Search Consile Error - Submitted URL marked ‘noindex’

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Sitemaps are important from SEO perspective. If you have installed the WordPress plugin Google XML Sitemaps, and you have submitted a link to Google via the Google Search Console, you might receive an email from "Google Search Console Team " saying that "your site is affected by 1 new Coverage related issue - Submitted URL marked ‘noindex’". Here is how to resolve it.


The email from "Google Search Console Team " reads:

Search Console has identified that your site is affected by 1 new Coverage related issue. This means that Coverage may be negatively affected in Google Search results. We encourage you to fix this issue.

New issue found:
Submitted URL marked ‘noindex’

  • Click on "Fix Coverage Issues".
This will open Google Search Console page and the error with an example of the affected link is displayed.

  • Copy the URL and open in a new browser tab to see the page. 
It will probably be the page https://yoursite.com/sitemap.html

  • Right click in any blank area and click "View Page Source" 
In the header area in the page source, there would probably be a META tag like this:

<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow"/>

According to this resource, the above META declaration means:
The spider will not look at this page but will crawl through the rest of the pages on your website.

To resolve the issue, do the following:
  • Login to WordPress as administrator
  • Navigate to Settings > XML-Sitemap
  • Disable / uncheck "Include sitemap in HTML format" and save.

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  • Go to the Google Search Console page previously opened
  • Click Validate Fix

  • Google will start validating your Coverage issue is fixed or not.
You will also receive an auto email informing you about the validation being initiated.

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2 comments:

  1. HelfooMay 30, 2020 at 2:40 PM

    Very nice pots, you helped me lot:)

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  2. Ryan NashSeptember 25, 2024 at 6:29 PM

    The "Submitted URL marked 'noindex'" error in Google Search Console indicates that the URL you submitted for indexing is set to be excluded from search results. This typically happens if the page has a "noindex" meta tag or an "X-Robots-Tag" directive. To resolve this issue, review the page’s settings and remove the "noindex" directive if you want it to be indexed. After making changes, resubmit the URL for indexing to ensure it appears in search results. Read More

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