Why Is My Page Not Indexed?

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Why Google is not indexing your page

A page stays out of Google for one of two reasons. Either something on the page or the server tells Google to stay away, or Google saw the page and decided it is not worth indexing yet. The first group is technical and certain: a noindex tag, a robots.txt rule, a redirect, an error status or a canonical tag that points somewhere else. The second group is Google's judgment, and Search Console reports it as "Crawled - currently not indexed" or "Discovered - currently not indexed".

This checker tests the first group directly on the live page and gives the facts to an AI model, which weighs the second group (thin text, content only JavaScript can show, weak internal links, a missing sitemap entry) and writes numbered fix steps for your exact page.

What the checker tests

  • HTTP status and redirect chain. Google only indexes pages that answer 200. A redirect means Google indexes the destination instead. Trace every hop of a chain with the redirect checker.
  • robots.txt for Googlebot. Grouped user agents, Allow and Disallow with the longest-match rule Google uses, and whether robots.txt itself errors (Google then pauses crawling the site).
  • Noindex. The meta robots and googlebot tags and the X-Robots-Tag header, including the "none" value. Test this on its own with the noindex checker.
  • Canonical tag. Whether it points to this URL, to another URL, or to a target that redirects or errors. To test the canonicals of up to 10 URLs at once, use the canonical checker.
  • XML sitemap. The sitemaps your robots.txt lists plus /sitemap.xml, sitemap indexes included, searched for this URL.
  • Content and links. Visible words without JavaScript, script count, title, meta description, H1 and the number of internal links on the page.

What does "Crawled - currently not indexed" mean?

Google fetched the page, read it, and chose not to add it to the index for now. Nothing is blocking it. Google simply did not see enough value, which usually comes down to thin or repetitive content, a near duplicate of another page, text that only appears after JavaScript runs, or a page that the rest of your site barely links to. Improve the page, link to it from your strongest related pages, then request indexing again. Our guide to fixing Crawled - currently not indexed goes deeper.

What does "Discovered - currently not indexed" mean?

Google knows the URL exists, from a link or your sitemap, but has not crawled it yet. It decided the page could wait. This is common on new sites, on large sites with thousands of similar pages, and on slow servers. Internal links from pages Google already crawls, a clean sitemap and a fast server move it up the queue. See the complete fix for Discovered - currently not indexed.

After the fix: get the page indexed

Fixing the cause is half the job. Google still has to come back. Request indexing with URL Inspection in Search Console, and do it again for every page you fix. On a site with many pages that gets tedious fast, which is the job IndexMachine does for you: its Chrome extension clicks Google's own Request Indexing in your Search Console every day, on autopilot, and sends every page to Bing and the other engines through unlimited IndexNow. No link farms. Of 1,841 pages IndexMachine requested, 1,418 (77%) were on Google, typically by our first check about 3 days after the request.

Want to know which of your pages Google skipped? Sign up free and IndexMachine imports your Search Console sites and lists every page Google hasn't indexed. Plans are on the pricing page, lifetime from $12.50 with code BETA50 at checkout. To check a single URL's indexability without AI, use the Google index checker.

FAQ

Why is my page not indexed by Google?

Either something tells Google to stay away (a noindex tag or X-Robots-Tag header, a robots.txt Disallow, an error status, a redirect, or a canonical tag that points to another URL), or Google found the page and decided it is not worth indexing yet. Paste the URL above: the checker tests every technical blocker on the live page and the AI ranks the most likely cause with fix steps.

How do I fix Crawled - currently not indexed?

Google fetched the page and chose not to index it, so the fix is the page itself: add useful, original content, make sure the main text is in the HTML and not only rendered by JavaScript, link to the page from relevant pages on your site, list it in your XML sitemap, then request indexing with URL Inspection in Search Console.

How do I fix Discovered - currently not indexed?

Google knows the URL but has not crawled it yet, usually because it looks unimportant or the site is slow or new. Link to the page from pages Google already crawls, keep it in your sitemap, check that the server answers fast and that robots.txt does not answer with errors, then request indexing in Search Console.

How long does Google take to index a page?

Anywhere from a day to several weeks, and some pages never get indexed. Of 1,841 pages IndexMachine requested, 1,418 (77%) were on Google, typically by our first check about 3 days after the request.

Is this checker free?

Yes. No signup is needed. Each network gets a handful of AI checks per day, and the technical checks keep working after that. A page you check again the same day with the same results returns the saved report instantly.

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