Page is not indexed: URL is unknown to Google

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with your website’s indexing. It can be frustrating when most of your URLs are not indexed by Google. Here are a few potential reasons and solutions to consider:

1. New Website

If your website is relatively new (less than a few months old), it’s common for some pages to be marked as "not indexed". Google may take time to discover and index all pages. In this case, patience is key.

2. Crawl Budget Issues

If your site has many pages, Google may not crawl all of them due to crawl budget limitations. Ensure that your internal linking structure is strong, as this helps Google discover more pages on your site. You can read more about orphan pages and how to improve your internal linking.

3. Content Quality

Google may not index pages that it deems low quality or duplicate content. Ensure that your content is unique and valuable. If you have duplicate content, consider adding canonical URLs to point to the original content you want indexed.

4. Site-Wide Quality Issues

If many of your important pages are not indexed, it could indicate a site-wide quality issue. Improving the overall quality of your website, including its structure and content, can help.

5. Check for Penalties

Make sure your site hasn’t been penalized by Google. You can check this by searching for your website on Google; if it doesn’t appear in the results, there might be a penalty affecting your indexing.

6. Use Instant Indexing

If you are a Rank Math PRO user, consider using the Instant Indexing feature to submit your URLs directly to IndexNow-enabled search engines.

7. URL Inspection Tool

Utilize the URL Inspection Tool in Google Search Console to check the status of individual URLs. This tool can provide insights into why certain pages are not indexed.

If you have checked all these aspects and the issue persists, we recommend replying to this ticket so a human agent from the Rank Math Support team can assist you further.

Thank you for raising this concern!

Sources:
Discovered – Currently Not Indexed in Google Search Console » Rank Math
How to Fix "Crawled – Currently Not Indexed" Error in Google Search Console » Rank Math

Hello,

The URL is already set to index. Also, it is already present in your sitemap and your robots.txt is properly configured.

However, you have submitted your sitemaps individually based on your screenshot.

Please remove all your submitted sitemaps and resubmit your main sitemap only /sitemap_index.xml:
https://rankmath.com/kb/submit-sitemap-to-google/

Once done, give Google some time to recrawl your site.

Looking forward to helping you.

Hello,

Please note that Google allocates a crawl budget to your website based on various factors, which directly impact how soon (or efficiently) your content can be indexed.

According to Google, crawling and indexing can take anywhere from a few hours to a few days/weeks. Be patient and monitor the progress using the URL Inspection tool.

Let us know how it goes. Looking forward to helping you.

Thank you.

Hello,

We checked a page of your website but couldn’t find any technical error that may prevent this from being indexed on Google:

As we already mentioned, it is completely normal for newly published posts/pages to take time before they get 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 URLs.

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.

Here’s a link for more information:
https://rankmath.com/kb/google-index/

Hope that helps and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions.
 
Thank you.

Hello,

It’s possible that Google is experiencing delays in crawling or has encountered temporary issues. The deindexing of other URLs could be related to fluctuations in the crawl budget or algorithmic adjustments.

We recommend reviewing Google Search Console for any coverage or crawl errors. If the issue persists, please allow more time for Google to recrawl your site. If needed, you can click on the button “REQUEST INDEXING” and see if Google forcibly crawls the URL.

Don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any other questions.