Google search returns blog homepage, but not article

[STP_SEO]

When I do a google search for a specific article on our blog the search results only return the blog homepage with the article title shown in the meta description, but never the actual article page. I've tried to refine my search by using site: and quotation marks around the article title (e.g site:www.example.com "article title") but still only get the homepage. Our blog is showing up so I assume it's not an indexing issue, but not sure how to get the article pages to show on serps. Any ideas?

Thanks!

[irapasternack]

One thought is that the individual pages could have a noindex tag, while the main blog page does not. If that is not the issue (and it would seem unlikely, but you never know) can you share your site with us? That would make it a lot easier to dig deeper.

[Everett]

STP_SEO This could have many causes. Can you share the site so we can have a look?

[MattRoney]

Hi STP_SEO! Any chance you can share the URL?

[STP_SEO]

Thanks everyone for the responses! Here is the blog URL

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/blog/

Thanks!

[irapasternack]

You seem to have 2 meta robots lines, the first is set to index (line 60), but the second is set to noindex (line 85). (from view-source:http://www.sierratradingpost.com/blog/climbing/choose-right-rock-climbing-shoes/)

[STP_SEO]

Thanks Ira! I have requested to have the second one robot line removed.

[STP_SEO]

Yes we have removed the second meta robot line. I'm still unable to find any article on the serp. It's been less then 24 hours so it'll probably just take some time.

I also installed Meta SEO inspector and noticed that it lists an A rel / XFN which indicates "no follow". Do either of you have any insight into what this might do? I've read into it about how it represents human relationships using hyperlinks, but not sure why it would be set as no follow.

[irapasternack]

You probably need to wait another day or 2 to have the articles indexed. New posts might show up sooner than your archived content that had the old tag.

Unfortunately, I can't help with the A rel / XFN question. Good luck!

[STP_SEO]

Just a quick follow-up. The articles are now being indexed and driving traffic. Thanks again for the help Ira. Take care

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