Expertise
Diagnosing Indexing Problems on a Custom-Built Website
To diagnose indexing problems on a custom-built website, start with the affected URL and the evidence behind the reported issue, then trace the …
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Expertise
How to Audit an Image Sitemap for Google Indexing
An image sitemap audit can show whether your XML identifies image URLs and whether you’ve checked relevant host and page conditions. It cannot, by …
Expertise
How to Fix a New Blog Post Marked Discovered—Currently Not Indexed
A new blog post marked “Discovered – currently not indexed” is known to Google, but that status does not mean Google has crawled it or decided why it …
Expertise
How to Trace an Orphan URL to the Internal Links It Needs
Tracing an orphan URL back to the internal pages that should expose it takes more than finding the URL in a crawl report. A crawl can show that it …
Expertise
Separate Discovered, Crawled & Alternate Canonical States in an Audit
An indexing audit should separate three different outcomes: Google knows about a URL but has not crawled it, Google has crawled it but has not indexed …
Reviews
Choosing an Indexing Service by Billing Model, URL Value, Scale & Risk
Choosing an indexing service means separating what a provider says it submitted from what search tools show about a URL, then checking whether its …
Expertise
Why a New Webflow Page Isn’t Indexed—and What to Check
A new Webflow page may be missing from Google because its page-level indexing setting blocks it, the URL is on the staging subdomain with indexing …
Expertise
How to Fix an Alternate Canonical for a New Blog Post
A new blog post marked “Alternate page with proper canonical tag” isn’t automatically broken. The status means you need to compare the reported URL …
Expertise
How to Audit Site Search Links to Important Pages
A practical audit starts with a list of important destination URLs, uses site: searches to find pages that might link to them, and then confirms each …
Expertise
How to Audit Internal Links for Google Indexing
Summary Separate discovery, crawling, indexing, and search presence. Internal links can help Google find URLs, but they don’t guarantee inclusion or …
Expertise
Why a New WordPress Page Isn’t Indexed—and How to Fix It
A new WordPress page may not be indexed because Google hasn’t discovered it yet, because a page-level setting blocks indexing, or because technical …
Expertise
Why Your New Shopify Page Isn’t Indexed—and What to Check
Summary A new page can be undiscovered, not yet crawled, or excluded from Google’s index. Find the status for the individual URL before deciding what …
Expertise
How to Audit an XML Sitemap for Google Indexing
An XML sitemap audit for Google indexing checks whether the sitemap lists the right URLs, whether those URLs can be crawled and indexed, and whether …
Expertise
How to Check Whether a Guest Post Backlink Is Indexed
Summary Search Google for site: followed by the exact guest post URL. A result is a useful indication that Google has indexed the page; no result is …
Expertise
How to Fix a New Blog Post That’s Crawled but Not Indexed
A new blog post marked “Crawled – currently not indexed” has already been fetched by Google, but it hasn’t been added to the searchable index at this …
Google
Googlebot Crawl Budget: When It Matters and How to Diagnose Waste
Summary Scale determines importance. Crawl budget is rarely a concern for small sites but becomes a critical bottleneck for sites with thousands of …
Guides
Pre-launch Checklist for Testing Redirect Rules with Basic Auth
Redirect rules are easy to read and surprisingly easy to misconfigure. A short pre-launch test gives you a record of what each old URL does before …
Guides
Backlink Indexing Reports: How to Read Coverage, Freshness, and False Positives
Straight from Ethan: here’s what’s worth your time and what isn’t. Disclosure: some links here are affiliate links. We earn a …
Google
Google Not Indexing Your Page? A 10-Step Diagnostic Checklist
When a page is missing from Google, do not start by buying submissions or repeatedly clicking Request indexing. First identify where the URL stopped: …
Guides
How to Get Backlinks Indexed Faster: 2026 SEO Guide
A quick word from Ethan before we dig in — this is simpler than it looks. FTC Disclosure. This guide includes affiliate links. We may receive a …
Google
Best Backlink Index Tool Options for Fast Google Rankings in 2026
Field notes from Ethan: what actually holds up in practice, not the textbook version. FTC Disclosure. This guide includes affiliate links. We may …
Google
Best Free Link Indexer: Top Tools for Rapid Google Indexing
From Ethan, plainly — people always ask where to begin, so that’s where we begin. We may earn a commission when you buy through them; your cost …