Your page is live, but it isn't in Google. This free 15-page field guide shows you why, and what to do about it.
Search Console can report 15 different "not indexed" reasons, and each one needs a different fix. Most advice explains two of them and tells you to "improve your content quality." This guide covers all of them, with an honest split between quick technical fixes and quality verdicts.
What's inside
A 30-second decision tree: start with the URL Inspection verdict and land on the right fix
All 15 Search Console statuses, colour-coded: fix now, wait, improve, consolidate, or leave alone
"Discovered" vs "Crawled – currently not indexed", explained properly (they need opposite fixes)
The technical blockers: noindex, robots.txt, canonicals, redirects, soft 404s, firewalls, with copy-paste checks
How to request indexing without wasting requests, and realistic timelines from Google's own documentation
What works vs. what wastes your time (including paid "instant indexing" tools)
A printable 10-point triage worksheet, one sheet per stuck URL
Who it's for: site owners, marketers and developers with a page that isn't showing up in Google.
Written by Milan Georgijevic, a developer turned technical SEO consultant who diagnoses indexing problems on client sites.
Your page is live, but it isn't in Google. This free 15-page field guide shows you why, and what to do about it.
Search Console can report 15 different "not indexed" reasons, and each one needs a different fix. Most advice explains two of them and tells you to "improve your content quality." This guide covers all of them, with an honest split between quick technical fixes and quality verdicts.
What's inside
A 30-second decision tree: start with the URL Inspection verdict and land on the right fix
All 15 Search Console statuses, colour-coded: fix now, wait, improve, consolidate, or leave alone
"Discovered" vs "Crawled – currently not indexed", explained properly (they need opposite fixes)
The technical blockers: noindex, robots.txt, canonicals, redirects, soft 404s, firewalls, with copy-paste checks
How to request indexing without wasting requests, and realistic timelines from Google's own documentation
What works vs. what wastes your time (including paid "instant indexing" tools)
A printable 10-point triage worksheet, one sheet per stuck URL
Who it's for: site owners, marketers and developers with a page that isn't showing up in Google.
Written by Milan Georgijevic, a developer turned technical SEO consultant who diagnoses indexing problems on client sites.