Free Tool
Page Indexing Checker
Check if a specific URL is indexed by Google and see how many pages from the domain appear in search results.
Enter a URL and click "Check Indexing" to see if it's indexed by Google
5 free lookups per hour
About this tool
Half of the pages I audit are not indexed. Not penalised, not slow, just not in Google. That is normal: Google's John Mueller has been saying for years that not every URL gets indexed, and the share of crawled-but-not-indexed pages has been rising since the 2023 Helpful Content updates. This tool runs a site: query against Google for the URL you paste in and tells you whether the page is currently in the index. If it is not, we also surface the likely cause from a checklist: noindex header, blocked in robots, duplicate of another URL, no internal links pointing to it, or a 404. It is not a replacement for the URL Inspection tool in Search Console, but it is much faster when you just need a yes or no answer.
How to use the Page Indexing Checker
- 1
Paste the full URL
Include https:// and the trailing slash if your URL has one. site: queries are exact-match.
- 2
Run the check
We perform a site:url query against Google and report back. Indexed pages return a result. Non-indexed pages return zero results.
- 3
Read the diagnostic checklist
If the page is not indexed, the tool flags the likely cause: noindex, robots block, canonical pointing elsewhere, thin content, or no internal links.
- 4
Confirm in Google Search Console
Open the URL in GSC's URL Inspection tool for the authoritative answer. Use our tool to triage at scale, then dig into GSC for the slow truth.
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Request indexing if appropriate
If the page is fine but not indexed, click 'Request Indexing' in Search Console. Do not abuse this; one or two requests per important page.
When to use it
- Spot-checking new pages an hour after publishing
- Bulk-auditing a sitemap of 500 URLs to find indexing gaps
- Diagnosing why traffic dropped on a specific page
- Verifying a noindex tag actually took effect
- Checking competitors to see which pages Google trusts enough to index
Example output
For the URL https://example.com/blog/cold-email-guide the tool returns 'Indexed - last seen 12 May 2026' or 'Not indexed - likely cause: page returns 200 but has no internal links from the rest of the site.'
Common issues and fixes
Page shows as not indexed but you can see it in Google
Try the URL without query parameters and trailing slash. site: queries are picky.
Page indexed but ranks nowhere
Indexed and ranking are different. Indexing means Google has the page. Ranking is a separate fight.
All pages return zero
Your IP may have hit Google's rate limit. Wait 10 minutes or use a different network.
Frequently asked questions
Since the 2023 Helpful Content updates, Google is more selective about indexing. The most common reasons are: low perceived quality, duplicate or near-duplicate content elsewhere on the site, no inbound internal links, very thin content, or a page that simply has not been crawled deeply enough yet.
Anywhere from a few minutes to several weeks. A site with high authority and frequent crawling gets pages indexed in minutes. A new site can wait weeks. Submitting the URL in Search Console speeds it up.
Yes, once Google re-crawls the page and sees the noindex header or meta tag. That re-crawl can take days or weeks. To force it, use the Removals tool in Search Console for an immediate temporary block.
URL Inspection in Search Console is authoritative and shows you the canonical, last crawl date, and the indexed version. Our tool is faster and good for bulk triage, but for the final call use GSC.
Submitting the same URL repeatedly does nothing helpful. Google's official guidance is one request per URL when the page genuinely changes. Constant resubmission is a flag for low-quality behaviour.
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