Merged Kunena Latest 2.0.1 inserts noindex meta tag

Today I've been investigating why the visits to my website has been dropped and discovered that I have the meta robots set to "noindex,follow" in the home page. Joomla global configuration is set to use "index,follow", the menu item (featured articles) is set to use global configuration, even if I set the menu item to use other configuration, or if I set other global configuration, I always have meta robots set to "noindex,follow" in home page. The only way I have to don't have this proble is deactivating kunenalatest module (also if I deactivate kunena system plugin but in this case the module doesn't work, having kunena system plugin enabled and kunenalatest module disabled solves the problem so I think is a bug in kunenalatest module and not in the plugin).

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Legacy mode: Disabled | Joomla! SEF: Enabled | Joomla! SEF rewrite: Enabled | FTP layer: Disabled |

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htaccess: Exists | PHP environment: Max execution time: 60 seconds | Max execution memory: 384M | Max file upload: 55M

Kunena menu details:

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ID	Name	Menutype	Link	Path
1331	Foro Forex	kunenamenu	view=home&defaultmenu=1331	foro
1332	Categorías	kunenamenu	view=category&layout=list&catid=0	foro/categorias
1333	Temas Recientes	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=replies	foro/recientes
1334	Nueva Tema	kunenamenu	view=topic&layout=create&catid=	foro/nuevo-tema
1335	Sin Respuesta	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=noreplies	foro/sin-respuesta
1336	Mis Temas	kunenamenu	view=topics&layout=user&mode=default	foro/mis-temas
1337	Profile	kunenamenu	view=user	foro/profile
1338	Reglas	kunenamenu	view=misc	foro/reglas
1339	Buscar	kunenamenu	view=search	foro/buscar

Joomla default template details : efxto | author: Juan Padial | version: 1.0 | creationdate: 30.06.2012

Kunena default template details : eFXto Forex 1.0 | author: Juan Padial | version: 1.0.0 | creationdate: 2012-07-01

Kunena version detailed: Kunena 2.0.1 | 2012-07-07 [ Balozi ]
| Kunena detailed configuration:

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Kunena config settings:
board_offline	0
enablerss	1
threads_per_page	20
messages_per_page	10
messages_per_page_search	15
showhistory	1
historylimit	6
shownew	1
disemoticons	0
template	efxtoforo
showannouncement	1
avataroncat	0
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showchildcaticon	1
rtewidth	450
rteheight	300
enableforumjump	1
reportmsg	1
username	1
askemail	0
showemail	0
showuserstats	1
showkarma	1
useredit	1
useredittime	0
useredittimegrace	600
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allowsubscriptions	1
subscriptionschecked	1
allowfavorites	1
maxsubject	150
maxsig	300
regonly	0
changename	0
pubwrite	0
floodprotection	0
mailmod	0
mailadmin	0
captcha	0
mailfull	1
allowavatarupload	1
allowavatargallery	1
avatarquality	65
avatarsize	2048
imageheight	800
imagewidth	800
imagesize	200
filetypes	zip,txt,doc,gz,tgz,mq4,mq5,mqh,mql,pdf
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enablepdf	0
jmambot	0
annmodid	62
userlist_username	1
rules_infb	1
help_infb	1
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| Kunena integration settings:

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Kunena - AlphaUserPoints Disabled
Kunena - Community Builder Enabled: access=1 login=0 activity=0 avatar=1 profile=1 private=0
Kunena - Gravatar Disabled
Kunena - JomSocial Disabled
Kunena - Joomla Enabled: access=1 login=1
Kunena - Kunena Enabled: avatar=1 profile=1
Kunena - UddeIM Disabled

| Joomla! detailed language files installed:

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Joomla! languages installed:
en-GB	English (United Kingdom)
es-ES	Spanish (español)

Third-party components: CommunityBuilder 1.8.1 | UddeIM 2.8

Third-party SEF components: None

Plugins: None

Modules: Kunena Latest 2.0.1

I have the same problem. noindex on root / index.php only.
All visitors gone.

I disabled and removed the latest module from root and activate index and follow in menu item.
Hope google will index the page real soon. And hopefully, the page will be on nr 1 position where it was before this disaster. This cost me about 90% of my daily visitors.

Still kunena rocks.

cybnet wrote: Today I've been investigating why the visits to my website has been dropped and discovered that I have the meta robots set to "noindex,follow" in the home page. Joomla global configuration is set to use "index,follow", the menu item (featured articles) is set to use global configuration, even if I set the menu item to use other configuration, or if I set other global configuration, I always have meta robots set to "noindex,follow" in home page. The only way I have to don't have this proble is deactivating kunenalatest module (also if I deactivate kunena system plugin but in this case the module doesn't work, having kunena system plugin enabled and kunenalatest module disabled solves the problem so I think is a bug in kunenalatest module and not in the plugin).

Database collation check: The collation of your table fields are correct

Legacy mode: Disabled | Joomla! SEF: Enabled | Joomla! SEF rewrite: Enabled | FTP layer: Disabled |
htaccess: Exists | PHP environment: Max execution time: 60 seconds | Max execution memory: 384M | Max file upload: 55M

Kunena menu details:

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ID	Name	Menutype	Link	Path
1331	Foro Forex	kunenamenu	view=home&defaultmenu=1331	foro
1332	Categorías	kunenamenu	view=category&layout=list&catid=0	foro/categorias
1333	Temas Recientes	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=replies	foro/recientes
1334	Nueva Tema	kunenamenu	view=topic&layout=create&catid=	foro/nuevo-tema
1335	Sin Respuesta	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=noreplies	foro/sin-respuesta
1336	Mis Temas	kunenamenu	view=topics&layout=user&mode=default	foro/mis-temas
1337	Profile	kunenamenu	view=user	foro/profile
1338	Reglas	kunenamenu	view=misc	foro/reglas
1339	Buscar	kunenamenu	view=search	foro/buscar

Joomla default template details : efxto | author: Juan Padial | version: 1.0 | creationdate: 30.06.2012

Kunena default template details : eFXto Forex 1.0 | author: Juan Padial | version: 1.0.0 | creationdate: 2012-07-01

Kunena version detailed: Kunena 2.0.1 | 2012-07-07 [ Balozi ]
| Kunena detailed configuration:

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Kunena config settings:
board_offline	0
enablerss	1
threads_per_page	20
messages_per_page	10
messages_per_page_search	15
showhistory	1
historylimit	6
shownew	1
disemoticons	0
template	efxtoforo
showannouncement	1
avataroncat	0
catimagepath	category_images/
showchildcaticon	1
rtewidth	450
rteheight	300
enableforumjump	1
reportmsg	1
username	1
askemail	0
showemail	0
showuserstats	1
showkarma	1
useredit	1
useredittime	0
useredittimegrace	600
editmarkup	1
allowsubscriptions	1
subscriptionschecked	1
allowfavorites	1
maxsubject	150
maxsig	300
regonly	0
changename	0
pubwrite	0
floodprotection	0
mailmod	0
mailadmin	0
captcha	0
mailfull	1
allowavatarupload	1
allowavatargallery	1
avatarquality	65
avatarsize	2048
imageheight	800
imagewidth	800
imagesize	200
filetypes	zip,txt,doc,gz,tgz,mq4,mq5,mqh,mql,pdf
filesize	10000
showranking	0
rankimages	0
userlist_rows	30
userlist_online	0
userlist_avatar	1
userlist_name	0
userlist_posts	1
userlist_karma	1
userlist_email	0
userlist_usertype	0
userlist_joindate	1
userlist_lastvisitdate	1
userlist_userhits	0
latestcategory	0
showstats	0
showwhoisonline	0
showgenstats	0
showpopuserstats	0
popusercount	5
showpopsubjectstats	0
popsubjectcount	5
usernamechange	0
showspoilertag	0
showvideotag	1
showebaytag	0
trimlongurls	1
trimlongurlsfront	40
trimlongurlsback	20
autoembedyoutube	1
autoembedebay	0
ebaylanguagecode	en-us
sessiontimeout	1800
highlightcode	0
rss_type	recent
rss_timelimit	month
rss_limit	100
rss_included_categories
rss_excluded_categories
rss_specification	rss2.0
rss_allow_html	1
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showfileforguest	1
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pollenabled	1
poppollscount	5
showpoppollstats	0
polltimebtvotes	00:15:00
pollnbvotesbyuser	100
pollresultsuserslist	1
maxpersotext	50
ordering_system	mesid
post_dateformat	datetime
post_dateformat_hover	datetime
hide_ip	1
imagetypes	jpg,jpeg,gif,png
checkmimetypes	1
imagemimetypes	image/jpeg,image/jpg,image/gif,image/png
imagequality	50
thumbheight	32
thumbwidth	32
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boxghostmessage	0
userdeletetmessage	0
latestcategory_in	1
topicicons	1
debug	0
catsautosubscribed	0
showbannedreason	0
version_check	0
showthankyou	1
showpopthankyoustats	0
popthankscount	5
mod_see_deleted	0
bbcode_img_secure	text
listcat_show_moderators	0
lightbox	1
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show_session_type	1
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enable_threaded_layouts	0
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topic_subscriptions	every
pubprofile	1
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email_recipient_count	0
email_recipient_privacy	bcc
captcha_post_limit	0
keywords	0
userkeywords	0
image_upload	registered
file_upload	registered
topic_layout	flat
time_to_create_page	0
show_imgfiles_manage_profile	1
hold_newusers_posts	0
hold_guest_posts	0
attachment_limit	8
pickup_category	0
article_display	intro
send_emails	1
fallback_english	1
cache	0
cache_time	60
enablepdf	0
jmambot	0
annmodid	62
userlist_username	1
rules_infb	1
help_infb	1
onlineusers	1

| Kunena integration settings:

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Kunena - AlphaUserPoints Disabled
Kunena - Community Builder Enabled: access=1 login=0 activity=0 avatar=1 profile=1 private=0
Kunena - Gravatar Disabled
Kunena - JomSocial Disabled
Kunena - Joomla Enabled: access=1 login=1
Kunena - Kunena Enabled: avatar=1 profile=1
Kunena - UddeIM Disabled

| Joomla! detailed language files installed:

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Joomla! languages installed:
en-GB	English (United Kingdom)
es-ES	Spanish (español)

Third-party components: CommunityBuilder 1.8.1 | UddeIM 2.8

Third-party SEF components: None

Plugins: None

Modules: Kunena Latest 2.0.1

Hi AJ2, I think Google will restore our position soon, anyway this a very big problem that needs a quick solution. I hope kunena team come here soon, confirm this bug and solve it.

I have resubmitted the sitemap, put some indexing service on root domain so I know for sure, it will be back soon.
Also, Once I discovered the noindex on root domain, I activate the index and follow option in joomla menu. After activating this, the latest forum post module gives an error on the page. So I deleted the module. Now the problem is solved.
Still not back in Google index but this will come.
Hopefully they will fix this bug real soon.

After 1 day without kunanalatest module my home page is again in Google in the same position and my visitors are coming back!!!! Great!!!

has some one from kunena team read this topic? Why has it been moved to Add-ons category? I think Add-ons category is not the right category because I think the bug is not in the module itself, I think the problem is in kunena API. Anyway, whatever the right category is, I would like to see some comments about this topic.

After upgrading Kunena to 2.0.1 and module Forum Latest 2.0.1, I saw my site fall from #2 in Google page rank to oblivion.
I found the page source displayed <meta name="robots" content="noindex, follow" /> despite all the Joomla Global Config settings being set to "index,follow"
I found after elimination that unpublishing the module Kunena Forum Latest,that the page source was returned to the proper setting of "index,follow". Re publishing the module causes the page source to revert to "noindex,follow"

Do we have a bug or am I just unlucky?