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Important Page Has noindex

A stray noindex meta tag can drop your money pages from Google. Here's how to detect and remove it.

What it means

An important page (homepage, pricing, key landing page) has <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> in its head.

Why it matters

Noindex tells Google to drop the page from search entirely. On the wrong page this can wipe your traffic.

How to fix it

  1. Check the page source for <meta name="robots" content="noindex">.
  2. Remove it (or change to "index, follow").
  3. If the tag was added by an SEO plugin, find the toggle and turn it off.
  4. Use Search Console's URL Inspection to request reindexing.

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Frequently asked questions

How fast does removing noindex restore rankings?

Usually 3, 14 days after Google recrawls. Speed it up by requesting indexing in Search Console.

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