How to remove NOINDEX on homepage

Sybre,

one strange thing, that i have never seen before. Altought on the main (index) page there is this NOINDEX tag, the site is been indexed?!

Any idea? Check on Google this: site:www.petra-dario.com and you will see also the https://www.petra-dario.com is indexed, what do you think? Can this harm to SEO and site??

Thanks,
Kany

Hi Kany,

That’s odd, the latest cached version (and another one with /en/) Google has of your site shows no noindex value within the robots tag.

Is there anything you’ve changed before 15 March (Google’s last cached visit) and have undone since?

Google obviously knows about your website :).
Alas, https://www.petra-dario.com/en/ has been removed from index.
Luckily, your true home page (root) has not.

Also, this problem shows to do no harm in your case. This is because it’s a /subdirectory/ (e.g. example.com/en/) where this problem resides, not the root of your website (e.g. example.com/).

From my experience, the site:example.com query seems to ignore the noindex robots tag (Google has many secrets).
Try searching for: inurl:https://www.petra-dario.com/en/
And: inurl:https://www.petra-dario.com/

I hope this helps!

Let me know if you’ve found the cure for the no-index tag on that page, although I think it’s stated somewhere in my previous comments :).

Sybre,

Is there anything you’ve changed before 15 March (Google’s last cached visit) and have undone since?
>> cant remember really ??

I will follow and analyze the site and check from day to day, to see the results ??

Thanks a lot Sybre, keep in touch.
Regards,
Kany

Hi Kany,

I’ve found the bug and I’m releasing an update with the fix momentarily. Details will be included within the changelog.

Thank you so much for your patience, your dedication, and of course for sticking around! ??

I just migrated from Yoast and had the same issue, where my static home page and 4 other pages were all set to noindex. None were set to be noindex, and also none were set inside the pages to be noindex. After some troubleshooting I found that saving it with it enabled in the page view, and then saving it with it unenabled in the page view worked to remove the noindex. Just posting it here incase someone one needs to know how to fix it for themselves.

Thanks for the heads up ScooterEra! I’ll be sure to check it out!
Yet I do have a small suspicion an object-caching plugin was the culprit, as re-saving has fixed it.

Hy Sybre,

you said a few days ago you will update the plugin, when can i expect the update please??

Thanks,
Kany

Hi Kany,

The update has since been released, 4 days ago, moments after I posted the message.
Please see if the active plugin is at version 2.5.2.3.
You can check for this at Plugins -> Installed Plugins within the admin dashboard.

Thanks for your patience and I hope this helps :). I look forward to the results.

Cool,

I updated and now is all ok ??
All the best, thanks for your feedback and this update.

The noindex has gone on the homepage where it appears earlier, now all is fine ??

Have a great day.
BG,
Kany

That’s great to hear Kany!

I’m marking this topic as resolved – if you have any more questions, feel free to ask or open a new topic :).

Thank you so much for your time and have a great day as well!