Internal links contradict the indexing directives

Checks

• Menu links to a page hidden from search main_navigation_links_to_noindex_page
• Sitemap pages linked with ignore-this-link tag nofollow_on_links_to_pages_in_sitemap
• Many links point to redirected addresses many_links_to_redirected_or_canonicalised_url
• Important page only linked with ignored links important_page_only_linked_with_nofollow
• Linked page is blocked in the robots file linked_page_blocked_by_robots

Findings

• Internal links say a page matters, its directives say it does not

What this relies on

Heavy internal linking shows the page matters, so the directive is the mistake.

How to verify by hand

Search Console clicks for the target and whether it is indexed.