Google indexing resources

Practical guides for the Search Console statuses SEO teams hit most often.

Start here

If you are debugging a specific Search Console label, open that status guide below. If you are not sure which status matters, begin with the Google indexing issues hub for a diagnostic overview and checklist. For how Search Console’s coverage / page indexing report works, see the Index coverage report guide.

Status guides

Crawled — currently not indexed

Google crawled the URL but has not added it to the index.

Discovered — currently not indexed

Google knows about the URL but has not crawled or indexed it yet.

Alternate page with proper canonical tag

Google is indexing a different canonical version of the URL.

Duplicate, Google chose different canonical than user

You declared one canonical, but Google indexed another URL.

Excluded by noindex tag

The page is intentionally or accidentally blocked from indexing.

Free tool

Start with one URL, then monitor the rest

Use the free Google indexing troubleshooter to turn a Search Console status into a concrete plan, then use BoastIndex to watch the important URLs over time.

Open the free troubleshooter

What you get

1 Live technical checks for response, robots, noindex, and canonical signals
2 A status-specific decision path grounded in BoastIndex indexing guides
3 Concrete actions, what to avoid, and how to verify after Google recrawls

Monitor Google indexing issues across your site

BoastIndex tracks Google index status over time, alerts you when important URLs change, and creates reports your team can act on.

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Also see URL inspection tool, Google index monitoring, and index status reports.