Page Is Set to noindex — Search Engines Will Not Index This Page

What's the issue?

Your page has a <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> directive. This tells search engines like Google and Bing to not include this page in their search results.

When noindex is correct

There are valid reasons to use noindex:

• Staging/development sites — Preventing test content from appearing in search
• Internal pages — Admin panels, dashboards, account settings
• Duplicate content — Alternative versions of a page (print, AMP)
• Thank you pages — Post-conversion pages with no search value
• Search result pages — Your site's internal search results
• Paginated pages — Sometimes page 2+ of listings

When noindex is a mistake

Common accidental noindex situations:

• Left from staging — noindex was added during development and never removed
• CMS default — Some CMS platforms default new pages to noindex
• Plugin conflict — An SEO plugin may have set noindex unintentionally
• Global robots tag — A site-wide template applying noindex to all pages

How to check if it's intentional

Ask yourself:

1. Should this page appear in Google search results?
2. Would users benefit from finding this page via search?
3. Was this recently deployed from a staging environment?

How to fix it (if unintentional)

Remove the noindex directive or change it to index:

<!-- Remove this -->
<meta name="robots" content="noindex" />

<!-- Or change to -->
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow" />

Important notes

• After removing noindex, it may take days to weeks for Google to re-index the page
• Use Google Search Console's URL Inspection tool to request re-indexing
• Check your robots.txt file too — it may also be blocking the page