Homepage is deindexed in Google

[DmitriiK]

Howdy.

That is quite bizarre. I don't see anything wrong with code, headers or anything like that. When did you discover the problem? I wonder if you guys did something and fixed it without realizing, or the Google Search Console haven't updated the manual action yet.

Also, what happens if you do fetch as google on index page?

[AChronister]

I just discovered this last night when checking our rankings. The home page changes were done late last week so I'm not sure why only now those would effect that.

[DmitriiK]

what happens when you fetch within GSC?

[AChronister]

Googlebot type: Desktop(render requested) - Partial on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 9:56:00 PM PST

I did notice a script that has a no index. I wonder if that is part of it. I think that belongs to a social media widget.

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[AChronister]

Ah ha. Looks like that was it. That widget was pulling from a CDN that has a noindex tag in it. Removed that widget and I'm back!

[DmitriiK]

Nah, third-party scripts, especially Twitter ones wouldn't affect that. Quite strange situation.

Well, request fetch again, and then submit to google. Should work.

[DmitriiK]

Wow. Weird.

[AChronister]

I'm glad it was an easy fix. I was freaking out!! Thanks for the help.

[DmitriiK]

As much as I can

P.S. Please mark this answer as answered.

[MarieHaynes]

Glad you found the culprit. I was going to mention that this was probably it. If Googlebot sees noindex anywhere on the page it can cause the whole page to be deindexed. Sometimes it's really tricky to find as well.