Google Search Console Fixes Guide

Introduction

This guide addresses specific Google Search Console errors identified on credotransportation.com. Follow these detailed solutions to resolve indexing issues and improve your site's performance in search results.

Identified Issues:

  1. Merchant listings structured data issues
  2. Image metadata structured data problems
  3. Page indexing failures
  4. Pages not being indexed in sitemaps
  5. General indexing prevention issues

Fixing Merchant Listings Structured Data Issues

Issue: "Some fixes failed for Merchant listings structured data issues on site..."

Google is having trouble with the structured data for product/car listings. This affects how your vehicles appear in search results and may prevent rich snippets from displaying.

Solution:

Here are the exact steps to fix merchant listings issues:

1. Complete Required Properties for Product Schema

Ensure each car listing includes these required properties:

  • name - The full car name (e.g., "2023 Mercedes-Benz S-Class")
  • image - A fully qualified URL to the car image (must be accessible to Google)
  • description - Detailed description of the vehicle
  • offers with nested properties:
    • price - Numerical price value
    • priceCurrency - Currency code (e.g., "USD")
    • availability - Stock status (e.g., "https://schema.org/InStock")

Example of correct Product schema implementation:

{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Product", "name": "2023 Mercedes-Benz S-Class", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://credotransportation.com/images/mercedes-s-class.jpg", "width": "800", "height": "600", "caption": "2023 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Luxury Sedan" }, "description": "Luxury Mercedes-Benz S-Class with premium features including heated seats, adaptive cruise control, and premium sound system.", "brand": { "@type": "Brand", "name": "Mercedes-Benz" }, "offers": { "@type": "Offer", "price": "95000.00", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "url": "https://credotransportation.com/cars/1" } }

Fixing Image Metadata Structured Data Issues

Issue: "New image metadata structured data issues detected for credotransportation.com"

Your ImageObject structured data has issues that prevent Google from properly indexing and displaying your images in search results.

Solution:

1. Correct ImageObject Schema Implementation

For each image on your site, especially car photos, implement this complete ImageObject schema:

{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "ImageObject", "contentUrl": "https://credotransportation.com/images/car-image.jpg", "width": "1200", "height": "800", "caption": "Detailed caption describing the vehicle", "creator": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Credo Transportation" }, "description": "Comprehensive description of what's visible in the image", "name": "Descriptive title for the image", "encodingFormat": "image/jpeg" }

2. Fix Common Image Metadata Issues

Issue Fix
Missing image dimensions Add exact width and height in pixels
Invalid image URL Ensure image URLs are fully qualified (https://credotransportation.com/images/image.jpg)
Missing caption or description Add detailed caption and description properties
Non-accessible images Verify images are not blocked by robots.txt or authentication

Resolving Page Indexing Issues

Issue: "Some fixes failed for Page indexing issues" and "New reasons prevent pages from being indexed"

Multiple pages on your site are not being properly indexed by Google, which severely limits your visibility in search results.

Solution:

1. Fix Common Indexing Blockers

  1. Check robots.txt - Ensure your robots.txt file is not blocking important pages or resources
    User-agent: * Allow: / Sitemap: https://credotransportation.com/sitemap.xml
  2. Verify meta robots tags - Remove any "noindex" directives from important pages
    <meta name="robots" content="index, follow">
  3. Fix canonical tags - Ensure each page has the correct canonical URL
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://credotransportation.com/page-path.html">
  4. Improve page loading speed - Fast-loading pages are more likely to be indexed
  5. Fix server errors - Ensure your server returns 200 OK status codes for all important pages

2. Submit Priority URLs for Indexing

Submit these pages directly through Search Console URL Inspection (in order):

  1. Homepage: https://credotransportation.com/
  2. Cars page: https://credotransportation.com/cars.html
  3. Tracking page: https://credotransportation.com/tracking.html
  4. Contact page: https://credotransportation.com/contact.html

Fixing Sitemap Indexing Issues

Issue: "New reasons prevent pages in a sitemap from being indexed on site..."

Google is having trouble indexing pages listed in your sitemaps.

Solution:

1. Fix Your Sitemap Structure

Ensure your sitemap follows these best practices:

  • Include only canonical URLs (no duplicate or redirected URLs)
  • Remove any URLs returning 4xx or 5xx status codes
  • Keep sitemap size under 50,000 URLs and 50MB
  • Use a sitemap index file for multiple sitemaps

Example of a correctly formatted sitemap:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"> <url> <loc>https://credotransportation.com/</loc> <lastmod>2025-04-20</lastmod> <changefreq>weekly</changefreq> <priority>1.0</priority> </url> <url> <loc>https://credotransportation.com/cars.html</loc> <lastmod>2025-04-24</lastmod> <changefreq>daily</changefreq> <priority>0.9</priority> </url> </urlset>

2. Resubmit Your Sitemaps

After fixing sitemap issues, resubmit them in Google Search Console:

  1. Go to Search Console > Sitemaps
  2. Remove any existing sitemaps with errors
  3. Add and submit your updated sitemaps one by one

Immediate Actions to Take

  1. 1 Run the Rich Results Test on your car listing pages to identify specific structured data errors

    Go to Rich Results Test

  2. 2 Fix all structured data issues following the examples in this guide
  3. 3 Verify mobile-friendliness of all pages

    Mobile-Friendly Test

  4. 4 Submit updated sitemaps in Search Console
  5. 5 Request indexing for fixed pages using the URL Inspection tool

Pro Tip: After fixing these issues, monitor your Search Console for at least 2-3 weeks to verify improvements. Some changes may take time to be reflected in Google's index.

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