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    • Donsimong
      Donsimong last edited by

      I have an interesting problem with a site which has an x-robot tag blocking the site from being indexed, the site is in Wordpress, there are no issues with the robots.txt or at the page level, I cant find the noindex anywhere.

      I removed the SEO plug-in which was there and installed Yoast but it made no difference.

      this is the url: https://www.cotswoldflatroofing.com/

      Its coming up with a HTTP error: x-robots tag noindex, nofollow, noarchive

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      • GastonRiera
        GastonRiera last edited by

        Hi Simon,
        I hope you are well.

        Is that an error you're getting in Search Console?
        I'm checking your site, and I can't replicate that issue you are having with x-robots.
        I have tried with Screaming Frog and my command line. None of them returned noindex. In the image attached, you'll see what I got.

        Also, I tried a site: search, and your website is indexed. You have only one page, is that correct? 
        Other image attached 🙂

        Hope it helps.
        Best luck
        Gastón

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