Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math support. I’m happy to help you with your query.
If I understand you correctly you are using the noindex tag for your blank posts or tags and you are seeing an error in Google Search Console “Excluded by noindex tag”. You also want to know if this error can harm your website ranking or not.
To answer your question, the “Excluded by noindex tag” status is not an error, but a report that shows you which pages on your website are marked with the noindex tag. The noindex tag tells Google not to index a certain page on your website. This can be useful if you have a page that you don’t want people to find in search results, such as blank posts or tags.
If you intentionally set the noindex tag for these pages, then you don’t need to worry about this status. It means that Google is respecting your preference and not indexing these pages. This will not harm your website ranking, as long as you only use the noindex tag for pages that are not valuable or relevant for your users.
However, if you accidentally set the noindex tag for pages that you want to be indexed, then you need to fix this issue. To do this, you need to remove the noindex tag from these pages and request Google to index them again. You can use Rank Math to easily manage the noindex tag for your pages and posts.
I hope this clarifies your question and solves your issue. If you have any further questions or need more assistance, please let me know. I’m here to help.
Have a great day! 😊
Hello,
Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.
If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.
Thank you.
