No Index in detail pages HTML and Google indexing

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I’ve made some headway getting Google to index many of my detail pages (records pulled from Airtable database). However there’s a way to go. For the non-indexed pages, Google Search Console said it’s because they’re set to “no index.” Upon inspection, all the pages, even the indexed ones have this in the HTML code: .

  • All the pages I want indexed are set to “1” under SEO:Index in Airtable.
  • The toggle for “SEO indexing” is set to “on” for the detail page.

So, 1) why does the code have the “no index” line? And, 2) why is Google indexing some and not others, even though they have the same code in the HTML? Any ideas?

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Hi @blockbeta,

Can you please double-check that the SEO:Index field in Airtable is either a Formula or Single Line Text field?

After that, regenerate the sitemap by adding /generate-sitemap at the end of your app domain and running it in a search engine like:

https://mydomain.com/generate-sitemap

Then, try again and see if it works.

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I was really hoping this would fix it. So simple! But alas, here’s what I did and it didn’t fix it:

  • In Airtable, changed the SEO:Index field to a Single Line Text. Put a 1 in all the records I want to index.

  • Refreshed Softr and published.

  • Generated the sitemap as instructed above.

  • Checked a few of the pages previously showing the “noindex” line. Still there.

And, it makes sense that Google is still seeing the “no index” tag.

What’s funny, is that this has only been a problem with one of my detail pages, not both, even before I changed the field to a single line of text. Now, though, they’re both set up this way. And yet, one detail page works and the other doesn’t.

Did I miss anything or do you have any other ideas?

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To offer more context:

It appears that the travel-apps-detail route is not correctly inheriting the SEO settings from the detail page template and is being treated as non-indexable, even though the configuration is identical to categories-details.

Could you please check whether:

  • There is a backend routing or rendering issue with travel-apps-detail URLs

  • The detail template is being flagged internally as “non-indexable”

  • The SEO logic isn’t being properly applied to this route

  • There is a cache or internal flag that needs to be reset for this page type

I can provide sample URLs, screenshots, and anything else helpful.

Thank you — I really appreciate your help resolving this so Google can index all detail pages correctly.

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One other thought…at one point, I had the app detail page set to modal. I wonder if somehow the code got stuck on an old setting and kept the “no index” tag somehow?

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The problem was with “no index” code Softr was adding to the details page template (seems like a bug where Softr code doesn’t keep up up with changes). I finally was able to fix the issue by duplicating the details page, using it to replace the original one. Then, I reconnected all appropriate pages to this new details page. Sounds simple, but it took over a week to come to this solution.