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<blockquote data-quote="Terrance Byrd" data-source="post: 29910" data-attributes="member: 12114"><p>Hi everyone,</p><p></p><p>Having some indexing issues and could use some advice.</p><p></p><p>The site has around 500 pages.</p><p></p><p><strong>Here's what happened:</strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Around August 1, Google discovered a large number of URLs with ?amount= parameters.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We also had internal links pointing to noindex pages returning 200, which Google spent a lot of time crawling.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Both issues were fixed around end of August.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some parameterized URLs had already been indexed, creating duplication issues.</li> </ul><p><strong>Current situation:</strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Only the homepage is indexed.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Most clean URLs are stuck in "Crawled – currently not indexed," including pages unrelated to the original issue.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">URL parameters are 301, but only some are showing 'Redirect', most are sitting in "Crawled - currently not indexed"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some parameters are still indexed in the retired sitemap, and individual URL inspection shows "Crawled - not indexed". (No longer indexed, but still shows indexed in pages)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Google was showing outdated content in search results.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Crawl stats now show very low HTML crawling activity.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We have a clean sitemap, a separate sitemap for retired URLs, and proper canonicals.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Manual indexing requests haven't helped.</li> </ul><p>It's been nearly two months since the fixes, with little improvement.</p><p></p><p><strong>Has anyone experienced something similar?</strong> Could the initial crawl/duplication issues still be affecting Google's indexing decisions, or should I be looking elsewhere?</p><p></p><p>Any advice would be appreciated!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Terrance Byrd, post: 29910, member: 12114"] Hi everyone, Having some indexing issues and could use some advice. The site has around 500 pages. [B]Here's what happened:[/B] [LIST] [*]Around August 1, Google discovered a large number of URLs with ?amount= parameters. [*]We also had internal links pointing to noindex pages returning 200, which Google spent a lot of time crawling. [*]Both issues were fixed around end of August. [*]Some parameterized URLs had already been indexed, creating duplication issues. [/LIST] [B]Current situation:[/B] [LIST] [*]Only the homepage is indexed. [*]Most clean URLs are stuck in "Crawled – currently not indexed," including pages unrelated to the original issue. [*]URL parameters are 301, but only some are showing 'Redirect', most are sitting in "Crawled - currently not indexed" [*]Some parameters are still indexed in the retired sitemap, and individual URL inspection shows "Crawled - not indexed". (No longer indexed, but still shows indexed in pages) [*]Google was showing outdated content in search results. [*]Crawl stats now show very low HTML crawling activity. [*]We have a clean sitemap, a separate sitemap for retired URLs, and proper canonicals. [*]Manual indexing requests haven't helped. [/LIST] It's been nearly two months since the fixes, with little improvement. [B]Has anyone experienced something similar?[/B] Could the initial crawl/duplication issues still be affecting Google's indexing decisions, or should I be looking elsewhere? Any advice would be appreciated! [/QUOTE]
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