Web Stories not getting indexed

  • Resolved evedawes

    (@evedawes)


    3 years ago

    My web stories were getting indexed without any problems to start with but for the last week when adding it in the url inspection tool on google search console I’m getting this error message even a week later (it is passing the AMP inspection):

    URL is not on Google
This page is not in the index, but not because of an error. See the details below to learn why it wasn't indexed. Learn more
VIEW CRAWLED PAGE
Page changed?
REQUEST INDEXING
info
Coverage
Discovered - currently not indexed

Discovery
Sitemaps
https://glamourandgains.com/sitemap.xml
https://glamourandgains.com/sitemap_index.xml
Referring page
https://glamourandgains.com/web-stories/
Crawl
Last crawl
N/A
Crawled as
N/A
Crawl allowed?
N/A
Page fetch
N/A
Indexing allowed?
N/A
Indexing
User-declared canonical
N/A
Google-selected canonical
?
N/A

    To compare, the web stories that got indexed before the issue show this in case someone can spot the issue from seeing the 2.

    URL is on Google
It can appear in Google Search results (if not subject to a manual action or removal request) with all relevant enhancements. Learn more
VIEW CRAWLED PAGE
Page changed?
REQUEST INDEXING
check_circle
Coverage
Submitted and indexed
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Discovery
Sitemaps
https://glamourandgains.com/sitemap.xml
https://glamourandgains.com/sitemap_index.xml
Referring page
None detected
Crawl
Last crawl
Nov 10, 2021, 1:11:27 PM
Crawled as
Googlebot smartphone
Crawl allowed?
Yes
Page fetch
Successful
Indexing allowed?
Yes
Indexing
User-declared canonical
https://glamourandgains.com/web-stories/how-to-do-easy-chignon-bun-fast-chic-hair/
Google-selected canonical
?
Inspected URL

    The only 2 things I can see is the difference in referring page and whether it allows indexing. I changed these things this week which I wonder if they caused the problem : I upgraded my Cloudflare account and added a menu to my main navigation with the url /web-stories. I’m wondering if this URL is creating a conflict since the web stories that was able to be indexed says no referring page but the one that can’t be shows the referring page as web-stories. I’ve deleted the menu item by clicking ‘remove’ but that’s just removed the menu item and hasn’t deleted the URL.

    Thanks so very much for any help you can provide.

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  • Adam Dunnage

    (@adamdunnage)

    Hello and thanks for getting in touch. Looking at your current setup and sitemap I can see the page you are referring to on there.

    Please note that indexing can take up to a week or two; you can check the progress using the URL Inspection tool in Search Console. There you can also troubleshoot why a page hasn’t been indexed. Learn more at https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9012289?hl=en.

    It doesn’t look like this page is showing in search yet but I would give this a little more time first as it can take some time to show.

    If however after more time it has still yet to show then I would recommend reaching out to the Search Console team who will be able to assist your further with this.

    If you have any further queries for the Web Stories plugin then do let me know or feel free to open a new topic if you do in future and we will be happy to assist.

    Thread Starter evedawes

    (@evedawes)

    Hi Adam,

    Thanks so much for getting back to me. What’s strange is before November 1st I’d ask them to be indexed and they’d get indexed overnight. Then from November they’re not getting indexed (it’s been 2 weeks since I submitted the 1st one Im having issues with in Google Search Console). The 5 urls all say but discovered not indexed.

    Yoast said something about “Google wanted to crawl the URL but this was expected to overload the site” in reference to just these 5 web stories links, not sure what that means.

    I’ll reach out to the Search Console team and update this ticket with any feedback in case anyone else is experiencing the same issue.

    Adam Dunnage

    (@adamdunnage)

    @evedawes Yes in which case I would discuss this with the Search Console team then who should be bale to help you out.

    That would be great thanks very much and good luck!

    meliukm

    (@meliukm)

    I am experiencing the same issue. Please, update this thread when you find out more!

    Adam Dunnage

    (@adamdunnage)

    @meliukm I would also suggest discussing this with the Search Console team who will be able to assist you individually.

    If you experience any further Web Stories issues please do let us know.

    Thread Starter evedawes

    (@evedawes)

    Hi Adam, Thank you. I haven’t as I can’t find a way to contact them. All I can find is this https://support.google.com/webmasters/contact/indexing_issue_form

    Do you know how to reach out to them? Thank you

    @evedawes I left a link on your other topic – you can reach out on their community forum.

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