Why Not Indexed

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I've been watching my Blogger stats and have noticed that Google is not listed as a referring site. Thus, I began to wonder why. I've been thru the settings and Google's Search Console and I haven't found an answer.

So, I'm going to document what I see and then reach out for help.

This morning, I tried a Google search for 'briles pauline'.

I knew I had several posts on my Wordpress blog about her and that I had re-posted at least one of those posts on my Blogger blog.


My Wordpress blogpost was listed towards the middle of the first screen of results from my Google search.


However, I didn't find my Blogger post on the first 3 screens of results.

I then opened Google's Search Console for my Blogger site. I found 62 excluded pages when I looked at the coverage.


When I click on the 62 excluded box, the details screen opens up.


I clicked on each of the 'reasons' for exclusions and did not find my Pauline Briles post. However, I did find that some of the URLs for my labels are listed as being blocked by the robots.txt file.


Then, I checked the 'Valid' pages to discover that they were categorized as 'Indexed, Not Submitted in Site Map'


Again the link for my Pauline Briles post wasn't listed. I then did a URL search for the link to that blog post. I discovered that the post has been indexed but it isn't on Google.


When I scrolled down to look and the Indexing information, there is a N/A after Indexing Allowed.


At the very bottom of the box are two links: Learn More and Open Report. When I opened the report, I found that the status was "Excluded".


Since there was a link to 'Request Indexing', I clicked on it.


The test of the page was successful and the URL was submitted for indexing.


Since I had to request indexing for the individual blog post, I was curious about the site. When I submitted the URL to my Blogger site. it passed inspection: On Google, Submitted and Indexed and Mobile Friendly.


So, I have several unanswered questions:

  • Why aren't individual blog posts getting indexed?
  • Do I have to manually submit each blog post for indexing?
  • Why are my labels being blocked by a robots.txt file, when that is not turned on in the Blogger settings?




Comments

Cousin Russ said…
Marcia,

I don't know any of these screens, they don't look like what I see on the back side of Blogger.

Here is a link to a screen capture from Blogger

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Jwdb5DsshzsWZan98

Google is the top feed into my blog. I have two blogs and Google is tops on both.

Russ
February 9, 2019 at 8:03 AM
Cousin Russ said…
Marcia,

Actually, I MAY have found the problem for you.

Again, go to the back side of Blogger and check your settings

Image is here

https://photos.app.goo.gl/NnrGGik76pykpMKW7

Russ
February 9, 2019 at 8:08 AM
Marcia Crawford Philbrick said…
Thanks, Russ!

I checked those settings in Blogger and my Privacy settings matched yours.
The screens in the blog post are from my Google Search Console.

I had a robots.txt file earlier in the week. However, today, that setting is disabled.

The post I submitted for indexing (Pauline Briles) is now in search results. However, a post from earlier this week (proof argument) is not coming up.

It appears that I can manually submit the posts, but I'd like to figure out why they aren't being indexed in the first place.

Again, THANKS for looking at this and providing your input!

February 9, 2019 at 8:36 AM
Marcia Crawford Philbrick said…
I think I found the solution: Site Map -
https://heartlandgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/02/resolved-indexing-issue.html
February 18, 2019 at 10:53 AM

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