Specific page does not index
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Hi,
First question: Working on the indexation of all pages for a specific client, there's one page that refuses to index. Google Search console says there's a robots.txt file, but I can't seem to find any tracks of that in the backend, nor in the code itself.
Could someone reach out to me and tell me why this is happening?
The page: https://www.brody.be/nl/assistentiewoningen/
Second question: Google is showing another meta description than the one our client gave in in Yoast Premium snippet.
Could it be there's another plugin overwriting this description? Or do we have to wait for it to change after a specific period of time?
Hope you guys can help
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Hi There,
First Question:
There are robots.txt files in these locations, however both don't reference a disallow for this page so this isn't the issue:
I would use the new version of Google Search Console and use the URL inspection tool. This will let you know why the URL is being excluded and give you the option to manually submit it if everything is ok with it.
Second Question
Google can be a bit funny about meta descriptions, especially ones that contain emoji characters like the ticks you are showing within the Yoast meta description field. Sometimes if it deems the meta description irrelevant, it can rewrite it itself. If this has been changed recently, I would give it a bit more time to refresh and see what happens.
I hope that helps!
Kind regards,
Sean
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