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How do I fix "Noindex tag present"?

Fixing "Noindex tag present" issue on site audit.

Written by Julia

The “noindex” tag tells search engines not to include this page in search results. Double-check if the detected pages are not meant to appear in search engines.

What to do: Review the affected pages and confirm whether they should appear in search results. If they should be indexed, remove the “noindex” tag.

How to fix: If the page should be visible in search engines, remove the “noindex” tag from the page. In simple terms, the “noindex” tag tells Google not to show the page in search results, so important pages should not have it unless you intentionally want them hidden from search engines. To fix this using our application, please follow the steps below:

Step 1 - Please navigate to Improve SEO -> Manage pages

Step 2 - Click “View” button on the pages you’d like to check

Step 3 - If some of your pages are not indexed, press “activate” button to make it indexed

Alternatively, you can check that inside your theme’s code by typing “noindex” inside the search bar

Note: Pages that should be indexed are the ones you want people to find through search engines, such as your homepage, product pages, collection pages, article pages, and other important content pages. These pages provide value to visitors and can help drive organic traffic to your website.

Pages that do not need to be indexed are for example cart, checkout, login, account, search results, wishlist, or thank-you pages. These pages generally do not provide value in search results and indexing them can waste crawl budgets or create duplicate content issues.

In simple terms, if a page is meant to attract visitors from Google, it should be indexed. If it is only used for navigation, account management, purchases, or other internal functions, it does not need to appear in search results.

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