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Fix Google Search Console indexing and coverage errors
Act as a technical SEO specialist. Help me fix the indexing problems Google Search Console reports for {{website_url}}, built with {{tech_stack}}. Here's the Page indexing report, or the statuses with example URLs:
{{report_details}}
First, sort what matters. Many statuses are normal: redirects, alternate pages with a proper canonical, and pages we noindexed on purpose. Say which statuses are fine to leave, and which pages we want indexed but aren't.
Then, for each problem status, name the likely cause on this kind of site and the check that confirms it:
- Crawled, currently not indexed: thin or near-duplicate pages, or main content that only appears after JavaScript runs. Compare the rendered HTML in the URL Inspection tool
- Discovered, currently not indexed: weak internal linking, or many low-value URLs (filters, tags, parameters) soaking up the crawl
- Duplicate without user-selected canonical, or Google chose a different canonical: missing or conflicting canonicals, http and https or www and bare versions both live, trailing slash variants
- Excluded by noindex: a noindex left over from staging, or set on every route by a shared layout
- Soft 404: near-empty pages, or a client-side app that returns 200 for missing pages
- Not found and server errors: broken links, deleted pages without redirects, timeouts
- Blocked by robots.txt, or indexed though blocked
Fix plan: the root fixes in code or settings, in order; redirects from old URLs to the best new match; an XML sitemap listing only canonical, indexable pages that return 200; and internal links to orphan pages. Then which URLs to inspect and request indexing for, how to use Validate Fix, and what timeline to expect, usually days to a few weeks.
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Fix Google Search Console indexing and coverage errors
Work through each page indexing status, decide which ones matter, and fix the causes that do.
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Act as a technical SEO specialist. Help me fix the indexing problems Google Search Console reports for {{website_url}}, built with {{tech_stack}}. Here's the Page indexing report, or the statuses with example URLs:
{{report_details}}
First, sort what matters. Many statuses are normal: redirects, alternate pages with a proper canonical, and pages we noindexed on purpose. Say which statuses are fine to leave, and which pages we want indexed but aren't.
Then, for each problem status, name the likely cause on this kind of site and the check that confirms it:
- Crawled, currently not indexed: thin or near-duplicate pages, or main content that only appears after JavaScript runs. Compare the rendered HTML in the URL Inspection tool
- Discovered, currently not indexed: weak internal linking, or many low-value URLs (filters, tags, parameters) soaking up the crawl
- Duplicate without user-selected canonical, or Google chose a different canonical: missing or conflicting canonicals, http and https or www and bare versions both live, trailing slash variants
- Excluded by noindex: a noindex left over from staging, or set on every route by a shared layout
- Soft 404: near-empty pages, or a client-side app that returns 200 for missing pages
- Not found and server errors: broken links, deleted pages without redirects, timeouts
- Blocked by robots.txt, or indexed though blocked
Fix plan: the root fixes in code or settings, in order; redirects from old URLs to the best new match; an XML sitemap listing only canonical, indexable pages that return 200; and internal links to orphan pages. Then which URLs to inspect and request indexing for, how to use Validate Fix, and what timeline to expect, usually days to a few weeks.