Optimization
Why Google Is Not Indexing Your Website Pages
A page missing from Google’s index is not always a technical failure. However, several common issues should be checked.
- accidental noindex;
- robots.txt blocking;
- canonical pointing elsewhere;
- redirects or HTTP errors;
- duplicate pages;
- weak or redundant content;
- no internal links;
- relying only on XML sitemap;
- JavaScript rendering problems;
- insufficient time after publishing.
Before requesting indexing again, verify 200 OK, index/follow, canonical, internal linking and whether the page provides a clear reason to exist independently.
FAQ
Does an XML sitemap guarantee indexing?
No. It helps discovery but does not guarantee that Google will index the page.
Is “Crawled — currently not indexed” always an error?
No. It may simply mean Google has not selected the URL for indexing yet.
