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Discovered, currently not indexed: what it means and what to do

Google found the address but has not crawled it yet. Here is how to tell whether it matters for your site.

Author: HD4 min read

Table of contents
  1. Key takeaways
  2. What the status says
  3. When to act
  4. What helps
  5. Ask once it is fixed
  6. See it on your own site
  7. Sources

What the status says#

Search Console's page indexing report defines it plainly: the page was found by Google, but not crawled yet.

When to act#

A handful of new posts in this state is normal. Hundreds of pages, or your money pages, are worth a look.

What helps#

  1. Link to the page from pages that are already indexed.
  2. List it in your sitemap with an accurate lastmod.
  3. Cut parameter and filter addresses that eat crawling time.

Ask once it is fixed#

Request indexing for a few key pages in URL Inspection.

See it on your own site#

The free website check reads a site you name and reports what holds its pages back, with no account and no card. It changes nothing on your site.

Run the free website check

Sources#