Indexing issues

  • Resolved wonderwooman

    (@wonderwooman)


    4 months, 1 week ago

    It’s a new site, and almost all pages were indexed by Google over a month through Rank Math. However, I have a few issues that need help:

    1. It seems that None of the images are indexed by Google: https://snipboard.io/wvqTBM.jpg Most images are quite unique, so it’s unlikely that none qualify for indexing. I do have alt texts as well as titles(the same as alt texts) https://snipboard.io/eIuSRP.jpg
    2. None of the pages/images are indexed by Bing: Not even the home page. Home page SEO score is 90 in Rank Math.
    3. It doesn’t seem to have a seperate image sitemap.

    In Rank Math’s sitemap settings, both “Images in Sitemaps” and “Include Featured Images” are enabled. The connections to Google and Bing appear to be correct.

    What might I be missing?

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  • Plugin Support Rank Math Support

    (@rankmathsupport)

    Hello @wonderwooman,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math support.

    1. You are using the URL Inspection tool to inspect the image URLs. The data about the indexing of images isn’t shown in your GSC account. It only shows data for the page URLs. Google doesn’t provide a report of the images indexed in the image search. You will have to use the site operator in Google Search to check the indexed images of your site:?site:yourdomain.com
    2. Since Google has indexed the pages, there shouldn’t be any issues with your site that can prevent Bing from indexing your site. You should check your Bing Webmaster account to confirm why they are not indexing the URLs. You can also use our Instant Indexing module to submit the URLs to Bing:?https://rankmath.com/kb/how-to-use-indexnow/

    Let us know how that goes. Looking forward to helping you.

    Thread Starter wonderwooman

    (@wonderwooman)

    Thank you for your help. Using Google Search, I found a few hundred images indexed.

    As for Bing, Instant Indexing is enabled, and it appears that most URLs have been submitted. https://snipboard.io/bGjQcL.jpg

    https://snipboard.io/ZvhzDC.jpg

    I believe the content message in the screenshot pertains to the last crawl in May, while the site was in a non-indexing and “coming soon” status until mid-June.

    Google indexed the site within hours, and I have submitted indexing requests for various pages multiple times, but none have been indexed by Bing so far. Just as you said, since Google has indexed the pages, I don’t quite understand why Bing hasn’t. Did I mess up with some settings?

    Plugin Support Rank Math Support

    (@rankmathsupport)

    Hello @wonderwooman,
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    Bing is reporting a content quality issue for your homepage and that could be the reason they haven’t crawled the rest of the site. However, the last crawl date is from May, and they should have crawled the site again to check if you have fixed the reported issue. You can get in touch with Bing’s support to get further insights about the issue preventing Bing from crawling the site.
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    You can also try submitting the URLs manually to request a recrawl:?https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/url-submission-62f2860b
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    Let us know how that goes. Looking forward to your update.

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