Website Indexing
Website indexing is the process by which search engines crawl its pages and add them to their databases. Only then can a page appear in search results for relevant queries.
How Website Indexing Works
A search engine crawler discovers a URL through links, a sitemap, or internal website sections, loads the page, analyses its content, and stores it in the index. Search engines periodically recrawl indexed pages to update their data.
Why Pages Are Not Indexed
- They are blocked in robots.txt or marked with the noindex meta tag.
- They duplicate other pages, and the search engine has selected a canonical version.
- They are technically inaccessible due to server errors, slow loading, or content that only appears after scripts have executed.
- They have no inbound links and are not included in the sitemap.
How to Check Website Indexing
Indexing reports are available in Yandex Webmaster and Google Search Console. You can also check individual URLs and submit a sitemap through these tools. A quick manual check is possible using the site: operator in the search bar.