Saturday, February 9, 2019

Why Not Indexed

I've been watching my Blogger stats and have noticed that Google is not listed as a referring site. Thus, I began to wonder why. I've been thru the settings and Google's Search Console and I haven't found an answer.

So, I'm going to document what I see and then reach out for help.

This morning, I tried a Google search for 'briles pauline'.

I knew I had several posts on my Wordpress blog about her and that I had re-posted at least one of those posts on my Blogger blog.


My Wordpress blogpost was listed towards the middle of the first screen of results from my Google search.


However, I didn't find my Blogger post on the first 3 screens of results.

I then opened Google's Search Console for my Blogger site. I found 62 excluded pages when I looked at the coverage.


When I click on the 62 excluded box, the details screen opens up.


I clicked on each of the 'reasons' for exclusions and did not find my Pauline Briles post. However, I did find that some of the URLs for my labels are listed as being blocked by the robots.txt file.


Then, I checked the 'Valid' pages to discover that they were categorized as 'Indexed, Not Submitted in Site Map'


Again the link for my Pauline Briles post wasn't listed. I then did a URL search for the link to that blog post. I discovered that the post has been indexed but it isn't on Google.


When I scrolled down to look and the Indexing information, there is a N/A after Indexing Allowed.


At the very bottom of the box are two links: Learn More and Open Report. When I opened the report, I found that the status was "Excluded".


Since there was a link to 'Request Indexing', I clicked on it.


The test of the page was successful and the URL was submitted for indexing.


Since I had to request indexing for the individual blog post, I was curious about the site. When I submitted the URL to my Blogger site. it passed inspection: On Google, Submitted and Indexed and Mobile Friendly.


So, I have several unanswered questions:

  • Why aren't individual blog posts getting indexed?
  • Do I have to manually submit each blog post for indexing?
  • Why are my labels being blocked by a robots.txt file, when that is not turned on in the Blogger settings?




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4 comments:

  1. Cousin RussFebruary 9, 2019 at 8:03 AM

    Marcia,

    I don't know any of these screens, they don't look like what I see on the back side of Blogger.

    Here is a link to a screen capture from Blogger

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/Jwdb5DsshzsWZan98

    Google is the top feed into my blog. I have two blogs and Google is tops on both.

    Russ

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  2. Cousin RussFebruary 9, 2019 at 8:08 AM

    Marcia,

    Actually, I MAY have found the problem for you.

    Again, go to the back side of Blogger and check your settings

    Image is here

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/NnrGGik76pykpMKW7

    Russ

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  3. Marcia Crawford PhilbrickFebruary 9, 2019 at 8:36 AM

    Thanks, Russ!

    I checked those settings in Blogger and my Privacy settings matched yours.
    The screens in the blog post are from my Google Search Console.

    I had a robots.txt file earlier in the week. However, today, that setting is disabled.

    The post I submitted for indexing (Pauline Briles) is now in search results. However, a post from earlier this week (proof argument) is not coming up.

    It appears that I can manually submit the posts, but I'd like to figure out why they aren't being indexed in the first place.

    Again, THANKS for looking at this and providing your input!

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  4. Marcia Crawford PhilbrickFebruary 18, 2019 at 10:53 AM

    I think I found the solution: Site Map -
    https://heartlandgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/02/resolved-indexing-issue.html

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