"Submitted URL marked as" noindex "indicates that Google found URLs in your XML sitemap that have been marked as noindex, causing Google not to index this URL as they often follow these robot directives.
By providing non-indexable URLs to search engines, you send them mixed signals that lead to a waste of budget.
How to fix "Submitted URL marked as" noindex "
Check Status
Review the list of report pages and check if these pages still appear in the XML sitemp and if they are marked as noindex. Clear your site cache to make sure you are viewing the latest version of your site.
If it's just a handful of URLs, you can do it manually. If that's more, we highly recommend linking your site to ContentKing to allow our platform to do the heavy lifting and keep an eye on progress.
Professional Advice
Note that you can define robots directives via HTTP header, using X-Robots-Tag. The X-Robots-Tag is often used in staging environments and is easy to miss.
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Solving this Problem
You will end up with the following possible outcomes:
- Pages are correctly marked as noindex and are incorrectly included in the XML sitemap - Remove these pages from the XML sitemap.
- Pages are incorrectly marked as noindex and included in the XML sitemap - update your indexability status and you're done.
The next step is to use the Google Search Console URL inspection tool (opens in a new tab) to check if you have solved the problem correctly. Once done, request reindexing through Google Search Console to speed up the search and reindex process.
Fixing this in WordPress
Most WordPress SEO plugins like Yoast and Rank Math will automatically remove non-indexable pages from the XML sitemap. Just keep in mind that the noindex tag can be defined at an HTTP header level, which is managed outside of WordPress at the web server level.
Fixing this in Shopify
If you're looking to fix this for products, you can use Shopify's bulk editor (opens in a new tab) to mark products as "hidden", which automatically adds a noindex meta tag and removes the products from the XML sitemap.
Alternatively you can use an app like Sitemap & NoIndex Manager (opens in a new tab). This application also allows you to define it for other types of content.
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