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Practical, step-by-step guides to understand the statuses you see in Search Console and get your pages into the index. If you don’t know where to start, begin with the first one.
Start here · Index check · 9 min read
How to check if a page is indexed by Google: site:, URL Inspection and bulk checks
Pick the right check for your URL count and your level of access, learn where a site: search misleads, and keep a log that tells you which fix to apply.
- Diagnosis01Why isn't my page indexed? A step-by-step diagnosisA decision flow for pages that will not show up in Google: confirm the problem first, then rule out hard blockers before you worry about quality.
- Search Console02Page with redirect vs. redirect error: when it is a problem and when it is notThe two redirect statuses in the Pages report mean different things. Learn which one is normal, which one needs fixing, and how to repair chains, loops and wrong targets.
- Search Console03Duplicate, Google chose different canonical than user: why it happens and how to fix itGoogle read your canonical tag and picked another URL anyway. What the status means, which conflicting signals cause it, and how to line every signal up behind one address.
- Search Console04“Discovered – currently not indexed”: what it means and how to fix itGoogle has found the URL but has not crawled it. Here is how to work out why, what to change and how to confirm the fix in Search Console.
- Search Console05“Crawled – currently not indexed”: how to get those pages indexedNot a technical error but a selection decision. Sort the affected URLs by page type and decide what each group deserves.
- Sitemaps06How to submit a sitemap in Google Search ConsoleA hands-on walkthrough: what belongs in your sitemap, where to find it on common platforms, how to submit it and how to read what Search Console reports back.
- Site architecture07Internal linking for indexing: help Google find and value new pagesSitemaps tell Google a URL exists; internal links tell it the page matters. A practical playbook for linking every new page so it gets discovered and crawled.
- Backlinks08How to get new backlinks indexed (so Google actually sees them)Google can only count a link it has seen. Here is a step-by-step workflow for checking, tracking and getting your new linking pages crawled.