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Indexing & Google

Google not indexing / noindex

The page is missing in Google, Search Console shows exclusion, or Explorer reports noindex / robots block.

Typical symptom

URL not in the index, GSC “Excluded”, or scan shows noindex / robots disallow.

Puluno modules

SEOHealth

Undo change

Yes — undo in Center

Issue codes

noindex, robots_blocked, canonical_mismatch

What you see

  • The page does not appear in search (site:example.com/url returns nothing).
  • Search Console: Excluded — noindex, robots.txt, redirect.
  • Explorer reports noindex, robots_blocked, or canonical_mismatch.
  • After launch: “Google still does not see the site.”

Why it happens

Indexing means Google may crawl the URL and sees no “do not index” signal.

Common WordPress causes:

  • noindex in Yoast/Rank Math / Puluno SEO on a template or single page.
  • Disallow: / or a section block in robots.txt (staging left on production).
  • Canonical points elsewhere (HTTP→HTTPS, www vs non-www).
  • 401/403 for Googlebot (WAF, geo block).
  • New site — Google has not crawled yet (not a bug, but clients push).

What Puluno does

PhaseModuleAction
DiagnoseExplorermeta robots, X-Robots-Tag, canonical, HTTP status
DiagnoseSEO + GSCproperty vs scanned URL (same host)
ApplySEOremove noindex, fix canonical, robots meta
VerifyExplorer + GSCsame URL — finding gone; GSC “Validate fix”

Puluno does not instant-index — it removes technical blocks. Re-crawl takes hours to days.

Step by step

  1. Explorer on the URL (homepage and the landing page).
  2. Note the finding: noindex vs robots vs canonical — each has a different fix.
  3. WordPress Puluno SEO Center — check global “Public” and page-level meta.
  4. robots.txt — Puluno SEO or hosting panel; remove production Disallow.
  5. Align canonical + redirects (www, HTTPS) — see GSC & redirects.
  6. GSC: URL inspection → Request indexing (after Verify shows noindex is gone).
  7. Verify: Explorer again — indexation findings should clear.

Rollback — undo the change

Meta robots and canonical from Puluno SEO can be reverted in Center (last Apply batch or manual meta editor).

If you removed noindex from staging that should stay hidden — restore noindex and Verify.

When it is not Puluno

  • Manual action / spam in GSC — Search Console messages, not a plugin fix.
  • DNS / domain points to the wrong server — registrar.
  • WAF blocks Googlebot — whitelist at hosting (FastComet, Cloudflare rules).
  • Client wants to stay out of the index (intranet) — keep noindex and explain.

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