"No index" page still shows in search results and paginated pages shows page 2 in results
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I have "no index, follow" on some pages, which I set 2 weeks ago. Today I see one of these pages showing in Google Search Results.
I am using rel=next prev on pages, yet Page 2 of a string of pages showed up in results before Page 1.
What could be the issue?
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thx, Wesley. I have "noindex" on and actually it was more like 3 weeks ago since it was changed. I will observe a couple of more weeks and observe.
Page 2 does not have more relevant content. So that one is a bit odd. Will observe as well -
Hello khi5,
If you have "no index" on your site you should change it too "noindex"
Furthermore two weeks is a rather short time to wait between crawls. Low authority websites don't get crawled too often.Perhaps page 2 has content that better matches the search query you are trying? Try it again from an incognito browser and see if it still ranks above page 1.
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