Pages Indexed but Not Appearing in Google Search

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with your website pages being indexed but not appearing in Google Search results. Here are some possible reasons and steps you can take to troubleshoot this issue:

1. Check for Penalties

If your website has been penalized by Google, it may not appear in search results. You can check this by searching for your website on Google. If you don’t see it in the results, it might be penalized. In that case, you’ll need to identify and fix the issues that led to the penalty.

2. Monitor Indexation Status

Use the Google Search Console to monitor your website’s indexation status. This tool can show you any errors that Google encountered while trying to crawl and index your site.

Additionally, you can use the Index Status report in Rank Math’s Analytics. Navigate to Rank Math SEO → Analytics in your WordPress dashboard and click on the Index Status tab to see the real data/status of your pages.

3. Content Quality Issues

Google may not display your pages if they have quality issues. Factors affecting quality include:

• Poorly written or thin content
• Keyword stuffing
• Low-quality inbound links
• Slow loading times
• Non-mobile-friendly design
• Excessive ads on the page

4. Duplicate Content

If there are duplicate content issues on your site, Google may struggle to determine which version to index. Ensure that you check for duplicate content and use canonical URLs to point to the original content.

5. Crawl Budget Issues

If your site has a lot of low-quality pages, it may affect how often Google crawls your valuable pages. Ensure you have a good internal linking structure to help Google discover all your important pages.

Conclusion

These are some common reasons why indexed pages may not appear in search results. We recommend checking these aspects and making necessary adjustments. If you have further questions or need more assistance, please feel free to reply to this ticket, and a human agent from our support team will assist you further.

Thank you for raising this concern!

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Rank Math support, and sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused.

Recently, Google experienced a search ranking issue between August 15 and 20, 2024: https://rankmath.com/google-update/august-2024-ranking-issue/

Also, Google frequently updates its algorithms, which can impact search rankings and if your website ranking is suddenly dropped then the chances are great that your website got hit by that. The recent update from Google was on August 15, 2024 was completed 19 days later, on September 3, 2024. : https://rankmath.com/google-update/august-2024-core-update/

In this case, please refer to the following guideline on how to confirm that and fix it: https://rankmath.com/blog/google-algorithm-update-recovery/

You should also check your Google Search Console account and navigating to the Pages section to determine any issues reported on your site: https://rankmath.com/kb/fix-google-indexing-issues/

If there are any issues, please share them with us here, and we’ll be assisting you with our best effort. You can also use a tool like Imgur to share screenshots of those errors with us.

We hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need assistance with anything else.

Thank you.