Google has recently introduced a Beta version of Google Search Console tool in which webmaster can easily find out their site insight and content indexing. Today in this article, we will discuss New Index coverage issue detected.
After launching Beta version, Google is informed every webmaster about Index coverage issue detected via email.
If Google has detected Submitted URL marked ‘noindex’ on your site and emailed you then do not ignore it. It may badly hurt your website SEO and Search Engine ranking. Here we are going to discuss with you how to fix Index Coverage Issue in webmaster tool.
So let’s start article…….
How to fix New Index Coverage Issue Detected in Google search console tool
First, log in to your Webmaster tool. Then click on the status >> Index coverage >> Submitted URL marked ‘noindex‘.
Here Google will provide 4 ways (Test Robots.txt Blocking, Fetch as Google, View as Search Result, Submit to Index) to fix your affected URLs as you can see in the screenshot,
If you are a WordPress user, you can easily fix Index Coverage Issue with the help of Yoast SEO plugin.
After getting the Affected page (URL), log in to your WordPress site. Then navigate to the Affected page (URL) and click edit post then go to Yoast SEO settings section, then click on the GEAR icon and select “Yes” from the drop-down menu of the “Allow search engines to show this Post in search results?” & Select “Yes” from “Should search engines follow links on this Post?”. You can see screenshots below.
After doing this, update your post and repeat this process for all affected pages/URL. After changing the Meta robots index, submit the sitemap again.
You have Successfully fixed Index Coverage Issue (Submitted URL marked ‘noindex’) in Search Console Tool.
The main cause of Index coverage issue in Webmaster, you have kept noindex for tag and category on your site.
But you have created the XML sitemap for tag and category, it can also cause Index Coverage Issue Detection. You can see in the screenshot below,
So if you select “noindex” for tag and category, then select “Not in sitemap” in the XML sitemap or select both index and In Sitemap.
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vishal gaurav says
how to solve it in All in One SEO plugin??
AMAN SINGH says
Navigate to the affected page and scroll to the All in One SEO Pack section then uncheck the NOINDEX this page/post and NOFOLLOW this page/post box. After that click on Fetch as Google.
Rizwan Ahmad says
My Google search console result is showing Excluded Pages 2.68K, Errors 0, Valid Pages 1.14K, and Valid Pages with Warnings 1, is this report good?
AMAN SINGH says
There is nothing to worry because there are no index coverage issues.
kamran says
Very informative article bro. I have got my first email from Google in this regard today. I have already fixed it in Yoast as you suggested but I have another issue. Fetch as google is not working and my xml sitemap is also not working. It says
Error loading stylesheet: An unknown error has occurred
What should I do? Thank you
AMAN SINGH says
Did you try another browser? or clear cache and cookies and try again?
& for sitemap Enter the URL without “www” and check, the sitemap will load well.
Abhishek Jain says
My website is in codeignator. How can I fix this issue, neither i Have given instructions to block any URL in robots.txt nor the pages have noindex in it. Plz. help
deval says
i solve this problem thank u
Visiit says
It’s very helpful for me. Thank u
garry says
how to solve this problem on blogger consol
AMAN SINGH says
simply use fetch as Google in webmaster tools.