Ignore it if
The page is one you chose to keep out of search.
Excluded by ‘noindex’ tagCheck it
“Excluded by ‘noindex’ tag” in Google Search Console: what it means and how to fix it
The page carries a noindex instruction, either a meta robots tag in the HTML or an X-Robots-Tag HTTP header. Google crawled it and left it out of search on purpose. If you meant that, there's nothing to do. If it's a page you want in search, something on your site added noindex.
What Google says
When Google tried to index the page, it found a noindex directive and didn't index it. If you don't want the page indexed, Google says you've done so correctly.
Paraphrased from Google's Page indexing report helpCauses
Why it happens
01An SEO plugin or CMS setting on the page, or for all tag and category archives.
02A site-wide 'hide from search engines' option left on after launch.
03A layout or template in your framework that sets robots to noindex.
04A server or CDN rule that adds an X-Robots-Tag: noindex header.
05A staging or preview environment's settings copied to production.
Triage
Is it a problem?
Fix it if
Posts or landing pages you want ranking are listed.
The count jumped after a deploy or a settings change.
Fix
How to fix “Excluded by noindex”
Check any single URL with URL Inspection. After fixing, open the issue in the Page indexing report and click Validate fix; Google says it typically takes up to about two weeks.
- 1Find the noindexView the page source and search for 'noindex'. Look for <meta name="robots" content="noindex">. If it's not in the HTML, check the response headers for X-Robots-Tag.
- 2Find what adds itCheck page-level SEO settings, site-wide visibility settings, your layout's metadata, and server or CDN header rules.
- 3Remove it and test liveFix the source, then run a live test in URL Inspection and confirm it reports indexing as allowed.
- 4Request indexingClick Request indexing for your most important pages, then Validate fix in the Page indexing report.
- 5Don't block it in robots.txt tooIf robots.txt blocks the page, Google can't see the noindex or its removal. Keep crawling allowed.
On Blogizi
Published Blogizi posts don't carry a noindex tag, and drafts aren't public at all. The only switch that adds noindex is 'Hide blog from search engines' in project settings, which applies to the whole blog. If your posts show up here, check that setting first.
Index checks for every post are part of Pro, $19/month with a 7-day trial for $0. Your AI agent can read the same statuses over MCP.
FAQ
Questions about “Excluded by noindex”
View source and search for 'noindex', or run URL Inspection. It tells you if indexing is allowed and why not.
Google has to recrawl it first. Requesting indexing speeds that up. Indexing can then take anywhere from days to a few weeks.
Often yes, if they only list excerpts and don't add anything on their own. That's a choice, not a fix, so they'll show here as expected.
Related statuses
Blocked by robots.txtYour robots.txt file tells Google not to crawl this URL.Read →Crawled - currently not indexedGoogle read the page and decided not to index it, for now.Read →Page with redirectThe URL redirects somewhere else, so Google indexes the destination.Read →
Post not on Google at all? Start with why isn't my blog post on Google, or browse all 9 statuses.
Last reviewed October 19, 2026