Google Explains Reasons For Crawled Not Indexed

Reasons for crawled not indexed errors

Back in May Google’s Gary Illyes sat for an interview at the SERP Conf 2024 conference in Bulgaria and answered a question about the causes of crawled but not indexed, offering multiple reasons that are helpful for debugging and fixing this error. Although the interview happened in May, the video of the interview went underreported … Read more

Google On Blocking Banner Ads From Getting Indexed as Main Content

Google On Blocking Banner Ads From Getting Indexed as Main Content

Google’s John Mueller answered a question in Reddit about whether Google indexes content placed before the main content as part of the post. John’s answer addressed part of the question but left the overall question unanswered. Nevertheless, there is a solution for the person’s question. Does GoogleBot “Collect” Content Before the Post? The person asking … Read more

Google On Fixing Discovered Currently Not Indexed

Google On Fixing Discovered Currently Not Indexed

Google’s John Mueller answered whether removing pages from a large site helps to solve the problem of pages that are discovered by Google but not crawled. John offered general insights on how to solve this issue. Discovered – Currently Not Indexed Search Console a service provided by Google that communicates search related issues and feedback. … Read more

Google’s “Site:” Operator Won’t Show You Everything That’s Indexed

Google’s “Site:” Operator Won’t Show You Everything That’s Indexed

Google’s Search Relations team discussed the limited functionality of the “site:” operator on a recent podcast episode. The team engaged in an insightful discussion on the tool commonly employed by website owners and SEO professionals to check a site’s indexing status. However, the team emphasized that Google Search Console offers far more in-depth indexing data … Read more

Why Isn’t My Homepage Indexed? Google Explains

Why Isn't My Homepage Indexed? Google Explains

Google’s Search Relations team, consisting of experts Martin Splitt, John Mueller, and Gary Illyes, share insights into why a website’s homepage may not be indexed on their latest episode of the ‘Search Off The Record’ podcast. The discussion revolved around technical and non-technical issues that could prevent a website’s homepage from appearing in Google’s search … Read more

Google Says ‘Discovered – Currently Not Indexed’ Status Can Last Forever

Google Says ‘Discovered - Currently Not Indexed’ Status Can Last Forever

Google advises the ‘Discovered – Currently not indexed’ status in Search Console’s Index Coverage report can last forever as there’s no guarantee every page on the web gets indexed. This is stated during the Google Search Central SEO office-hours hangout recorded on February 18. An individual named Davor Bobek joins the livestream to ask Google’s … Read more

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