Dealing with ‘Noindex’ Detection: Tips to Resolve ‘Robots’ Meta Tag Issues

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The “noindex” meta tag tells search engines not to index a page. This means that the page will not be included in search results pages.

To fix the “noindex detected in the ‘robots’ meta tag” error, you need to remove the “noindex” meta tag from the page. You can do this by editing the page’s HTML code.

Here are the steps on how to remove the “noindex” meta tag from a page:

  1. Open the page’s HTML code in a text editor.
  2. Find the “noindex” meta tag. It will look like this:
<meta name="robots" content="noindex">
  1. Delete the “noindex” meta tag.
  2. Save the changes to the page’s HTML code.

Once you have removed the “noindex” meta tag, you need to re-submit the page to Google Search Console. This will tell Google to re-crawl the page and index it again.

Here are the steps on how to re-submit a page to Google Search Console:

  1. Go to your Google Search Console account.
  2. Click on the “Index” tab.
  3. Click on the “Submit new URL” button.
  4. Enter the URL of the page that you want to re-submit.
  5. Click on the “Submit” button.

Google will re-crawl the page and index it again within a few days.

If you are not comfortable editing the HTML code of your website, you can also use a WordPress plugin to remove the “noindex” meta tag. There are many plugins available, such as the “Remove Noindex Meta Tag” plugin.

Once you have removed the “noindex” meta tag, the page will be indexed by search engines and will appear in search results pages.

Here are some additional things to keep in mind:

  • If you have a large website, it may take some time for Google to re-crawl all of the pages.
  • If you have recently made changes to the page, you may need to wait for Google to re-crawl the page before it will appear in search results pages.
  • If you are still having trouble getting the page indexed, you can contact Google Search Console support for help.