Solving Google Indexing Problems with Noindex, Robots.txt, and Canonical Tags
https://thecrawljournal.brightpathdigest.com/posts/solving-google-indexing-problems-with-noindex-robots.txt-and-canonical-tags
If your pages aren't showing up in search results, the issue often lies in how you've configured noindex tags, robots.txt, or canonical URLs. A misplaced noindex can block indexing entirely, while a robots.txt directive might prevent Google from crawling important content. Getting these three elements right means checking that noindex isn't accidentally applied to pages you want indexed, ensuring robots.txt blocks only what should be hidden, and using canonical tags to point to the preferred ve…