Issue with page titles and page descriptions

  • Resolved webdev

    (@webdevmelb)


    6 years, 2 months ago

    Hi guys – have you ever come across an issue where the page titles and page descriptions are not displaying at all in google search results. I have the Yoast plugin set up (I’ve used on may sites before so I’m very familiar with it). Each individual page title and page description is entered however in google results there is no description or page title displaying. I have checked webmaster tools and there are no error messages and all pages are being crawled. Any ideas?

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  • Hi,

    We would like some more information.

    1. Can you confirm you are using WordPress 5.0.3? You can check by clicking on the W in the top left and selecting About. If you need to update, please check with your host provider.?Please know that if you are using an older version of WordPress Core you may experience unexpected behavior with Yoast.?This guide explains more:?https://yoast.com/why-we-dont-support-old-wordpress-versions/.

    2. Are all your non-Yoast plugins and themes also updated?

    3. Can you confirm you are using the most recent Yoast SEO, v9.5? If you update, does the issue resolve?

    4. Can you provide a URL that highlights the issue?

    Thread Starter webdev

    (@webdevmelb)

    Hi
    Thanks for the response. I am using WordPress 5.0.3 and Yoast 9.5.

    Every plugin and theme on the site is running the most recent versions.

    Yoast is not showing any issues however Google Search Console is showing two errors:

    1/Crawl allowed?
    No: blocked by robots.txt
    Page fetch
    Failed: Blocked by robots.txt

    2/ Your Sitemap does not contain any URLs. Please validate and resubmit your Sitemap.

    I am using the sitemap path from Yoast /sitemap_index.xml

    There was no robots.txt file in my files. I went to tools > file editor and it did not create the file. I manually added the file to my sites root:

    User-Agent: *
    Allow: /wp-content/uploads/
    Disallow: /wp-content/plugins/
    Disallow: /wp-admin/
    Disallow: /readme.html
    Disallow: /refer/

    Sitemap: https:/**mydomain**/sitemap_index.xml

    Even after adding the robots file manually I am setting getting google errors that the site is blocked by the robots file and that the sitemap is empty ??

    Happy to send you the URL if I can do so privately please?

    Would be very grateful for your assistance.

    Plugin Support amboutwe

    (@amboutwe)

    The forums do not offer a way to send a URL privately in a reply.

    Have you tried the suggestions here: https://kb.yoast.com/kb/crawl-error-url-restricted-by-robots-txt/

    Thread Starter webdev

    (@webdevmelb)

    yes I tried this before posting – infact I even recreated the htaccess and the robots file. Sitemap is still saying it’s blank too! What can I do???

    Plugin Support amboutwe

    (@amboutwe)

    We think the issue is specific to your site and would need to investigate further. Please provide a URL that highlights the issue.

    If you wish to share the URL privately with our team, you can purchase Yoast SEO Premium to receive our premium email support where we can help you further.

    Thread Starter webdev

    (@webdevmelb)

    is there no other way to share the URL privately with you?

    Hi @webdevmelb,

    If you have a Yoast SEO Premium subscription, you can send the URL privately to our Premium support through email. https://kb.yoast.com/kb/support/#premium

    Thread Starter webdev

    (@webdevmelb)

    resolved by replacing htaccess file

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