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  mittenmaid1520 · Member · Mar 30, 2022 at 1:02 pm

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  Google search console identified that my site is affected by 1 coverage issue.
  They call it a Top Error, and it is noted to be ‘Submitted URL marked ‘noindex’

  I recently had a independent contractor log in to optimize key words, and the error popped up after this.

  A friend told me I would fix it on WP Admin but I have not figured out how to do it. Does anybody know how to fix this? Or can fix it for? This is a woocommerce shop so it needs to be indexed.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Mar 30, 2022 at 2:25 pm

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  Hi!

  We can absolutely help you sort this out.

  However, as a WordPress.com Business plan subscriber, you have access to our livechat support team. And contacting them will likely be a faster way of helping you get your site up and running:

  https://wordpress.com/help/contact

  If you cannot (or do not wish to) use the livechat system, let us know and we will be happy to help you here in the forums!

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  mittenmaid1520 · Member · Mar 30, 2022 at 11:17 pm

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  I had a little difficulty with live chat today, maybe because of my time zone. Can I get instruction on this through forums please?

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  staff-totoro · Staff · Mar 30, 2022 at 11:46 pm

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  We’re not expert in Google Search Console, so we can’t support it directly (Google does have a support option for GSC questions) but I did take a bit of time to look this up online.

  What I found was that if you submitted a page for Google to index and received the Submitted URL Marked ‘noindex’ error message, it means that Google has identified that your page should not be indexed and displayed in search results.

  It can definitely be the case that some URLs are private and would not be indexed by Google (your admin dashboard pages are a good example of this) so I’m curious, what is the URL you submitted to GSC?

  Thanks for the additional info!

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  mittenmaid1520 · Member · Mar 31, 2022 at 12:38 am

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  Mitten Maid Clothing

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 31, 2022 at 12:40 am

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  ‘Submitted URL marked ‘noindex’

  What, specifically, is the URL that Google is noting as marked noindex?

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  mittenmaid1520 · Member · Mar 31, 2022 at 12:50 am

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  https://www.mitten-maid.com (google property)
  Google Search console states their are 3 pages that are ‘NOINDEX’ and 13 that are indexed. I AM awaiting a report that says why. Sort of dont know what would be non indexable about my pages.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 31, 2022 at 1:03 am

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  Ok, there isn’t much we can do to help here without know which 3 pages Google is reporting as noindex.