Redirect errors in Blogger usually happen due to incorrect settings in the robots.txt file or improper redirects in Blogger settings. Here’s how you can fix them:
Step 1: Check Blogger Redirect Settings
1. Go to Blogger Dashboard > Settings.
2. Scroll to Errors and redirects.
3. Click on Custom redirects and check if any unnecessary redirects are added.
4. If you see incorrect redirects, remove them and save changes.
Step 2: Fix Robots.txt File
A misconfigured robots.txt file can block search engines and cause redirect errors.
1. Check Your Current Robots.txt File
Go to: https://yourblog.blogspot.com/robots.txt
Replace yourblog.blogspot.com with your actual blog URL.
If you see "Disallow: /search" in your robots.txt, it means Blogger is preventing indexing of search pages.
2. Update Robots.txt in Blogger
1. Go to Blogger Dashboard > Settings > Crawlers and indexing.
2. Enable Custom robots.txt.
3. Click Edit and update it with a correct version.
Recommended Robots.txt:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /search
Allow: /
Sitemap: https://yourblog.blogspot.com/sitemap.xml
4. Save the changes.
Step 3: Remove Incorrect Custom Meta Tags
1. Go to Blogger Dashboard > Settings > Meta Tags.
2. Ensure the Custom robots header tags are properly configured:
Homepage: All or Index, Follow.
Archive & Search Pages: Noindex.
Default for Posts and Pages: All or Index, Follow.
Step 4: Fix Redirect Errors in Google Search Console
1. Open Google Search Console.
2. Go to Pages > Why pages aren’t indexed.
3. Look for Redirect Error and check which URLs are affected.
4. If needed, manually remove incorrect URLs in Removals.
Step 5: Clear Cache & Resubmit Sitemap
1. Go to Blogger Dashboard > Settings > Crawlers and indexing.
2. Click on Google Search Console and sign in.
3. Go to Sitemaps and enter:
https://yourblog.blogspot.com/sitemap.xml
4. Click Submit to refresh the indexing.
Step 6: Wait for Google to Reindex
- Google takes time to recrawl and remove errors.
- Check Google Search Console after a few days.
After following these steps, your redirect errors should be fixed. Let me know if you need more help!