pages not indexed in GSC

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  • Resolved Rachel Brown
    Rank Math free

    Hi, this is my first time using rank math, and have noticed that only my home page is being indexed. I wondered if it/s because the site has only just gone live but I noticed that they have been crawled but not indexed. Be grateful if you could let me know how to check those other pages to be sure I haven’t missed anything?
    Thank you 🙂

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  • Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention.

    Please note that it is completely normal for a newly published post/page/website to take time before it gets crawled or indexed by Google. It depends on a lot of factors. Your posting frequency + the domain authority are just two of the many factors Google considers when indexing some new URL. Google assigns a crawl budget to your website depending on these factors (especially these two) and that has a direct effect on how soon or how late your content can get indexed.

    You can also check for noindex tag here to rule out that your page isn’t getting indexed due to a mistake in plugin settings:
    https://smallseotools.com/meta-tags-analyzer/

    If noindex is not present, then it is just a waiting game before Google decides to include the URL in the index. No SEO plugin can force Google to index something they don’t want to.

    With that said, we have found that barring any issues like copied/DMCA/low-quality content issues – Google usually indexes posts within a week or two. So, we request you to kindly wait.

    Google even says that on their official website:
    https://i.rankmath.com/QB4Dhl

    The above screenshot was taken from this page:
    https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7552505#missing-jobs

    So, you have to be a bit patient and allow it some time. If your website isn’t indexed even after a week, you can place a manual indexing request here:
    https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9012289

    Finally, it all boils down to the quality of the content, and if your content improves Google’s overall search index.

    Please check this article where one of the Google employees mentioned:
    “If your site relies on manual index submission for normal content, you need to significantly improve your site. Search console does not fix your site, you need to do that yourself.” – JohnMu
    https://www.seroundtable.com/google-manually-index-site-quality-28942.html

    With that said, here’s a good article on how to ensure that your website gets indexed regularly:
    https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-index/

    I hope that helps.

    Thank you, and please don’t hesitate to contact us anytime if you need further assistance with anything else.

    Thank you so much. I will be patient but wondered about it because it looked to me like it had been crawled but some pages are content light so that could be why. Anyway, thank you so much!

    Anas
    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    We are glad we addressed your concern. If you have any other questions in the future, know that we are here to help you.

    If you don’t mind me asking, could you please leave us a review (if you haven’t already) on https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/#new-post about your overall experience with Rank Math? We appreciate your time and patience.

    If you do have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.

    Thank you.

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