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I’m having a huge SEO issue when using Enfold. On some of my pages Google Search Console is finding a mysterious noindex tag showing up. When I deactivate Enfold, it goes away.
The actual page https://aplusconstructionnow.com/residential-construction/
doesn’t really have a noindex but it does show up in Google Search Console as this:<!–
Debugging Info for Theme support:Theme: Enfold
Version: 5.7
Installed: enfold
AviaFramework Version: 5.6
AviaBuilder Version: 5.3
aviaElementManager Version: 1.0.1
ML:512-PU:69-PLA:0
WP:6.6.1
Compress: CSS:load minified only – JS:load minified only
Updates: disabled
PLAu:0
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<meta name=”robots” content=”noindex,indexifembedded” /></head><body id=”top” class=”page-template-default page page-id-482 stretched rtl_columns av-curtain-numeric barlow avia-responsive-images-support” itemscope=”itemscope” itemtype=”https://schema.org/WebPage”>
<div id=”wrap_all”>
<header id=”header” class=”all_colors header_color light_bg_color av_header_top av_logo_left av_main_nav_header av_menu_right av_custom av_header_sticky av_header_shrinking av_header_stretch_disabled av_mobile_menu_tablet av_header_searchicon_disabled av_header_unstick_top_disabled av_seperator_small_border av_minimal_header av_minimal_header_shadow av_bottom_nav_disabled ” data-av_shrink_factor=”25″ role=”banner” itemscope=”itemscope” itemtype=”https://schema.org/WPHeader”>
<div id=”header_main” class=”container_wrap container_wrap_logo”>
<div class=”
I have already gone into the “Search Engine Optimization Support” area and selected “Let SEO plugin set this tag” for the meta Tag “Robots”. (Because I have Yoast SEO plugin)
I have also tried adding the following to the functions.php based on a previous support string. https://kriesi.at/support/topic/noindex-when-enfold-is-enabled-2/
add_filter(‘avf_set_follow’,’avia_set_follow’);
function avia_set_follow(){
$meta = ‘<meta name=”robots” content=”index, follow” />’ . “\n”;
return $meta;
}PLEASE HELP!
Hey Christy,
Thank you for the inquiry.
The theme doesn’t have functions that include this meta tag:
<meta name="robots" content="noindex,indexifembedded">Did you install additional SEO extensions other than Yoast? The site is also running a very old version of the theme, 5.7. Please make sure to create a site backup before upgrading the theme to version 6.0.8. After the upgrade, toggle or temporarily disable the Enfold > Performance > File Compression settings and purge the cache.
Best regards,
IsmaelI turned off all the plugins and theme, activating the Twenty Seventeen theme and cleared the cache on the server. Google Search Console had no problems. Then I activated only the Enfold theme, leaving all the plugins deactivated and cleared the cache on the server, then automatically was getting that error again.
So I know it is Enfold.
I will try updating the theme from 5.7 to the new version 6.0.8 and send you an update, thanks!
I updated the plugin, disabled both “CSS File Compression and Merging” and “Javascript File Compression and Merging”, cleared the cache on the server then retested it in Google Search Console.
I’m still getting “URL is not available to Google”, when viewing the live test in Google code there is this line:
<meta name=”robots” content=”noindex,indexifembedded” /></head>Again, this only shows up when Enfold is the activated theme.
Hi,
Thank you for the update.
As mentioned above, the theme does not include a function that renders this type of meta tag. We may need to access the site to properly investigate the issue. Please provide the login details in the private field. Did you check the child theme’s functions.php file?
Best regards,
IsmaelI have provided login information and video of what I see when I try to submit to Google Search Console in private.
Hi,
I don’t find a noindex on your pages:
I checked your home page and other pages, both logged in and out. Typically this is added by Yoast SEO plugin, but I don’t see it.Best regards,
Mike@mike – it is as mentioned just before head tag is closing. But i do not have it on any of my enfold installations even on those which are in combination with Yoast SEO.
but nevertheless in combination with that “new” indexifembedded it is ok :
https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2022/01/robots-meta-tag-indexifembeddedRight. That’s what I found too. That’s why it’s so confusing. Is Google Search Console (GSC) adding this to it saying it’s a “bad” page? If so, why is only coming up when Enfold is active??
Looking further into this issue, it only has to do with the mobile version of this site. Does Enfold add a noindex to the mobile version??
See this thread: https://support.google.com/webmasters/thread/13756862/noindex-detected-in-robots-meta-tag?hl=enHi,
I note that not all of your pages has the extra meta tag “noindex”
Your homepage, contact-us, gallery, about-us, don’t either on mobile or desktop
only the financing and services pages do.
I see that you are using Google Site Kit, but I can not see the options used, perhaps this is related?Best regards,
MikeThe new robots tag, indexifembedded, works in combination with the noindex tag only when the page with noindex is embedded into another page through an iframe or similar HTML tag, like object. For example, if podcast.host.example/playpage?podcast=12345 has both the noindex and indexifembedded tag, it means Google can embed the content hosted on that page in recipe.site.example/my-recipes.html during indexing.
But as menitioned above – i do not have that on any enfold page. This is something that might come from a plugin.
the one and only place where Enfold places a noindex is in function-set-avia-frontend.php lines 466ff in the function: function avia_set_follow()
and this is just for the <meta name=”robots” …/> for is_searcha indexifembedded is completely not found in enfold folder ! if this setting comes from enfold it has to be mentioned in the source code.
Hi,
Thank you for the info @Guenni007.
@Christy: This issue seems to be caused by one of the plugins. Can we temporarily deactivate the plugins? We know you’ve already done this, but sometimes caches are not completely removed after deactivating the plugins, so it’s possible that you’re still accessing the older version of the page. Also, if you’ve checked this on Google Console, please note that it takes a while for the information to be relayed or updated, so you won’t see any changes immediately. You may need to wait a day or two.
Best regards,
Ismaelcan you test if the setting on : SEO Support – Search Engine Optimization Support – Meta Tag “robots” : Use Enfold default settings.
clear cache and merging and look if it is still there. If not then your SEO external Plugin is causing it.MYSTERY SOLVED. … GSC forum saw it was from the financing iframe in the sidebar of the pages … which caused it to be see when Enfold was active. The code in the iframe doesn’t allow it to be indexed by Google for some reason (bad design if you ask me) but I removed the iframe and moved it to one page rather than having it global in the sidebar … FIXED! Thank you all for your help!
Hi,
Glad to hear that you have this sorted out, if you have any further questions please create a new thread and we will gladly try to help you. Thank you for using Enfold.Best regards,
Mike
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