To rank a website, it is very important to have an index of the website. If the page is not indexed, the website will not rank. But why are there no indexing problems? There can be many reasons for this and there can be many solutions for this.
In this article, we will also discuss the reasons for not having an index, its solution, and what is an index. So that you can solve this problem properly.
Indexing means creating an index, making a list. Google will add web pages to its list only if the web page is capable of being crawled. If there is a problem with crawling, then it will not crawl and if it is not crawled, then the index will not be there.
Crawling problems occur for two reasons. The first technical issue, second repeated content. In a technical issue, Google is having trouble rendering your website, so your web page will not crawl. Google will not re-index content that has already been indexed.
At this stage, the page is excluded and the error of Discovered, Currently Not Indexed, appears. If you want to know that how to index blog posts on Google instantly, then it will be beneficial for you to know about the problems of indexing first. So let us know why there is a problem with indexing?
How do you fix indexing problems?
There are three main reasons for not indexing any webpage.
- Crawling issues - Google can't find the website.
- Rendering problem - Google doesn't understand the website.
- Finding Low-Quality Content - Google has found thin or low content in web pages.
If anyone or more of these three issues are detected, Google will not crawl your pages or the entire website.
So, that was the theory, let us now know about the indexing problem appearing in Google Search Console and its solution.
1. Crawled, currently not indexed
You have to look into this issue carefully. When you enter the URL of the page in the URL Inspection Tool in the Google search console, if you see the message 'Crawled, currently not indexed', it means that Google has crawled the webpage, read the webpage but not yet haven't indexed it.
According to Google's system, the content of this page should not be indexed, so it is not indexed. Indexing requests or any tricks will not work after receiving this message. Because you can't convince Google with any trick.
Google's system thinks that the content of your page is not indexable. There can be many reasons to think so. Such as Thin Content, Misleading Content, Conspiracy Theory.
If the title or description is designed to attract users and the content does not correspond to it, it is considered misleading content. Google will not index such content.
If your content is attached to more than one site. So Google will not index your page. It's not like you always talk about a popular site. But if you are writing something different in your content, then you should also give links to some reliable sources in your content.
Link your page to some reliable sites that are famous and support your ideas. Take a link to that page from an already trusted website.
For this error, pay attention to your content. fix the content. Assure Google through Inbound and Outbound, the problem will be resolved. Read our crawled, currently not indexed article.
2. Discovered, currently not indexed
This issue means that Google has found your page but cannot or does not want to crawl the page.
There are two things in this. First, can't crawl. This means there is a problem with the crawl budget on the site. Google gives each site a quota according to its size, according to the importance of how long it will crawl the site.
In this stipulated time, will crawl as many pages as possible and will not crawl the rest of the pages. This means it will not index the rest of the page either. This problem often occurs only on large sites. Which has ten thousand pages.
If your website is out of crawl budget, a small website has less than ten thousand pages and is having a 'Discovered, currently not indexed' issue, then you need to think about it.
Second, the reason why the page is not crawled is that Google thinks that the content of this page is useless. So why would Google crawl such pages? If you want to crawl this page, then you have to understand the importance of this page to Google.
For this you have been indexed from the page, link this new page. Google has already indexed a page. Now see the link of the old page in the new page, Google will think that this page is definitely related to the old page and it should be indexed.
Apart from this, if you create an external link for this page from a high authority website, then the chances of your page being indexed increase rapidly.
3. Orphan pages
By the way, the CMS automatically adds the page to the sitemap. But like other computer systems, the CMS sometimes makes mistakes in adding the page to the sitemap. If your page isn't added to the sitemap and your new page doesn't have a link, Google won't be able to see your page.
If Google can't see your page, it won't crawl or index it. So check the sitemap once and see if this page is added to the sitemap? If not, the solution is quite simple. Simply submit the page to the sitemap.
4. Canonical issue
Canonical tags are just a bunch of links. Canonical pages are not duplicate content. If your website has multiple pages of the same content or a lot of pages with almost identical content, Google will index one page, not index the rest of the pages.
In such a situation, if you want Google to index your preferred page, then you have to legally declare your preferred page on every page.
But it cannot be said with certainty that the page you want to index, the same page will be indexed by Google. We have a detailed article on the Canonical issue, read it and set up Canonical on your site properly.
5. 5XX Error (Server Error)
All errors from 5xx to 599 are server errors. This error means that when Google tried to crawl your page, your page could not be downloaded or opened.
This error is caused by the hosting provider itself or your web developer accidentally downing the server while designing the website.
The solution is to talk to your hosting provider or developer and ask to take the server live. This problem will go away once the server is lived.
6. Submitted URL is blocked by robots.txt
This problem means that the page is blocked by robots.txt. The page in the robots.txt file has been disabled. If you do not allow Google to crawl the page, then Google will not be able to crawl your page. If it is not crawled then the index will not be there either.
So edit the robots.txt file. Removing the page from the Disallow category and moving it to the Allow category will solve the problem.
If you think that a page that is blocked by robots.txt is not blocked in the robots.txt file, then check the link on that page and see which link is blocked by robots.txt. Allow it and the problems go away.
Read our detailed article about robots.txt. so that you can implement the robots.txt file properly.
7. The submitted URL is marked as 'no-index'.
The meaning of this issue is quite simple. If you have a 'no-index' tag on your page, then Google will not index the page. Because you have assumed from indexing the page.
If you want this page to be indexed the solution is also quite simple. Remove the 'no-index' tag from the page. Problems will be solved.
8. Soft 404
If your page falls in the soft 404 categories, then Google will not index it. There are many reasons for a soft 404. If your page has no content, only header, footer, placeholder text, dummy text, or very little text, then according to Google, this page should be a 404 page.
But the page is giving 200 codes. That is, the page is indicating OK. At this stage, Google will treat the page as a soft 404 and not index it.
Sometimes redirect issue also creates a soft 404 issue. This issue can occur if one link is being redirected to multiple links. So, make sure that the redirect link is between two links.
Sometimes the CMS or whatever platform you use can also create a soft 404 issue. You need to talk to your developer to resolve this issue.
Conclusion
Finally, the moral of the indexing problems article is that your site should not have a crawling problem, the website should not be awkward to open (rendering issue), your content should be unique, high quality and match users queries, no deceptive content, internal and external links on your page are correctly rendered, and canonical is set up correctly.