WordPress discourages indexing

  • Resolved grantx01

    (@grantx01)


    6 years, 5 months ago

    Why do I get and error on the page that says

    Index: Page is being indexed. But the blog isn’t set to public. This means wordpress discourages indexing.

    Its the only item on the plugin I cant get to go green?

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  • Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    Hello ??

    This notice is shown when the “Search Engine Visibility” option is checked at /wp-admin/options-reading.php

    You should uncheck that, and your site is ready to be indexed by search engines!

    After that’s resolved, ask Google to crawl your URLs to speed up indexing:
    https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6065812

    I hope this helps!

    Thread Starter grantx01

    (@grantx01)

    I thank you sir, that’s what I was looking for. Do you know if it is better on the Custom Page Description to use keywords only, an actual description or combination of both?

    Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    Cheers ??

    Off topic: The description question
    You should fill in a description that describes your page as closely as possible, that’s inviting, and that isn’t misleading.

    Clickbait and keyword spamming will hurt your site in the long run: it will increase the bounce rate (confused users leaving), causing your site to rank lower.

    I suggest opening a new topic if you have more questions, as the inquiry of this one has been resolved ??

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