Problem with slugs for POSTS only

  • Resolved EMDR

    (@qwerpoiu)


    4 years, 5 months ago

    There seems to be some problem with Google and slugs for POSTS.
    However with PAGES it’s just fine, the slugs show up as intended.

    If you do a “site:my-url” google search, you’ll see the problem. In the search results, all PAGES (about 10) display the predefined slug, but ALL POSTS (about 30) just show the general category (“Áρθρα” in greek, aka “Articles”):
    https://my-site.gr › Articles
    The title is correctly shown, and the links point to the right URLs, but the slugs are not shown for POSTS.

    I compared the source code of POSTS and ARTICLE pages, could not see any differences in meta tags. Both contain the canonical links.

    I haven’t messed with breadcrumbs settings at all, and permalinks settings are as follows:
    Settings > Permalinks >
    Common Settings -> Post name
    Optional > Category base and Tag base are empty

    Regarding Yoast settings:
    Yoast >Search appearence
    POSTS: Show posts in search results is ON and Show SEO settings for POSTS in ON .
    SEO title: Title ,Page, Serapator, Site title
    Default Page Title: Web page (default)
    Default Article type: Article (default)

    The above settings are the same for PAGES, the only difference being:
    Default Article type: None (default)

    Any ideas why this is happening please ?
    Running Yoast SEO v17.8, WordPress 5.8.2, all plug-ins have been updated.

    PS: could it have to do with yoast created sitemaps (post-sitemap.xml , page-sitemap.xml) ? Could it be these from where Google gets the category and treats differently the pages ?

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  • Suwash Kunwar

    (@suascat_wp)

    4 years, 5 months ago

    @qwerpoiu

    You mentioned that you’ve some problems in Google search where slugs are not shown for posts instead it’s showing just the general category like https://my-site.gr › Articles

    While we checked the example URL https://genikos-giatros.gr/emfragma/ via the Rich Results Testing tool, we do see the structured data generated for the breadcrumb is correct.

    To encourage Google to update to the latest version of a page, you can use the Request Indexing tool in the Google Search Console. We have more details in this guide: How to update information in Google search results.

    Please bear in mind that, they are actually an enhancement to your search results and can let your users (and Google) understand the structure of your site content. Google adjusts the breadcrumbs to appear in Google search results, and you can take advantage of this if you use Yoast SEO or add the correct form of structured data to your site. Breadcrumbs in search results give users an easy-to-understand overview of where the page sits on your site. The Yoast SEO plugin automatically adds the necessary structured data for these breadcrumbs, and it’s up to Google if they decide to show it as such (or if they decide to use the full path URL). You can learn more about it here — https://yoast.com/breadcrumbs-seo/

    Thread Starter EMDR

    (@qwerpoiu)

    4 years, 5 months ago

    I think I managed to fix the problem.

    1. Completely disabled YOAST handling of sitemaps
    4. Changed setting for Yoast >Search appearence > POSTS > Default Article type: None
    2. Added www. prefix in wordpress Settings>General for URLs wordpress+site
    3. Installed another plug-in that created a single merged sitemap for POSTS+PAGES with no info discriminating them

    Google is slowly re-scanning the pages, and correctly showing the slugs for POSTS now.

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by EMDR.
    devnihil

    (@devnihil)

    4 years, 5 months ago

    @qwerpoiu Thanks for your reply and we’re glad to hear that you were able to resolve the issue. We appreciate you posting your solution to the issue and if you should need any further assistance, please do not hesitate to let us know.

    Plugin Support Michael Tiña

    (@mikes41720)

    4 years, 5 months ago

    Hi,

    This thread has been marked as resolved due to a lack of activity.

    You’re always welcome to re-open this topic. Please read this post before opening a new request.

    Thanks for understanding!

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