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I'm hoping that some the expert webmasters can help me out. I have been trying to use my Google Analytics to make sure things are running smoothly with
Sitemap contains urls which are blocked by robots.txt?
Good morning WA!
I'm hoping that some the expert webmasters can help me out. I have been trying to use my Google Analytics to make sure things are running smoothly with
That means that they have been blocked by either nofollow links or noindex for the pages. This isn't necessarily a bad thing if you have done this deliberately.
Thanks so much for your reply. I'm not really sure if I have nofollow or noindex for those pages. Is there a place within Wordpress that I can check? I'm still trying to get the hang of all of this and I really appreciate your help.
Yes, go to the pages in question and scroll down to see if the noindex is checked, and if you have links, check them in the text editor to see if they have the 'nofollow' attribute.
Thank you so much! I'm going to try that now. I'll let you know how it turns out. I really appreciate your help on this!
Yes, I think I got it. I went into All SEO and optimized my robot.txt file. When I refreshed, I'm down to two errors, both are for images (they contain affiliate links). I'm guessing that those aren't going to be a big deal, but so relieved to see the other errors gone. Thank you again for everything!
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Thank you so much for your suggestion. I'm going to go through and see if I can resolve the other two, but then will try to take your advice. Thank you for your kindness.
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That means that they have been blocked by either nofollow links or noindex for the pages. This isn't necessarily a bad thing if you have done this deliberately.
Thanks so much for your reply. I'm not really sure if I have nofollow or noindex for those pages. Is there a place within Wordpress that I can check? I'm still trying to get the hang of all of this and I really appreciate your help.
Yes, go to the pages in question and scroll down to see if the noindex is checked, and if you have links, check them in the text editor to see if they have the 'nofollow' attribute.
Did Mel's suggestion work for you Krishna?
Thank you so much! I'm going to try that now. I'll let you know how it turns out. I really appreciate your help on this!
Yes, I think I got it. I went into All SEO and optimized my robot.txt file. When I refreshed, I'm down to two errors, both are for images (they contain affiliate links). I'm guessing that those aren't going to be a big deal, but so relieved to see the other errors gone. Thank you again for everything!
If you edit your question ... here's how Did You Know You Can Edit Your WA Posts? and say, type RESOLVED - bolded ... and then put your resolve under your question text.
Then those who click to answer your question will see straight away that your issue is now resolved ... saving members time ... and ... future searchers to SEE straight away what your resolve was so they won't have to ask the same question.
This is ONLY a suggestion ... not a requirement.
Thank you so much for your suggestion. I'm going to go through and see if I can resolve the other two, but then will try to take your advice. Thank you for your kindness.