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Indexability Checker

Why a page can or can't be indexed.

Follows up to 10 redirects, then reads the status, X-Robots-Tag, robots meta tags, canonical and the site's robots.txt as Googlebot.

About the Indexability Checker

This tool fetches a URL the way a crawler does and reports the signals that decide whether Google may index it. It follows up to 10 redirects and records each hop, then reads the final response: the status code, the X-Robots-Tag headers (including crawler-specific ones such as googlebot: noindex), the robots and googlebot meta tags, the canonical URL from the Link header and the <link rel="canonical"> tag, the content type, and the site's robots.txt rules for Googlebot on that path.

The verdict is Indexable, Indexable with warnings or Not indexable, with the reasons listed in priority order. A non-2xx status, a noindex or a robots.txt block makes a page not indexable. A redirect, a canonical that points elsewhere or conflicting canonicals are warnings.

How to use it

  1. Enter the full URL of the page, or a domain for its home page.
  2. Select Check indexability.
  3. Read the reasons from the top; most link to the tool that shows more detail.

Examples

Common questions

Does "Indexable" mean the page is in Google?

No. It means nothing on the page or the server stops Google from indexing it. Whether Google actually indexes and ranks a page depends on its content, links and quality. URL Inspection in Google Search Console shows the real index status.

Why is a page blocked by robots.txt still listed in Google?

Disallow stops crawling, not indexing. Google can list a blocked URL without a description when other pages link to it, and it can't see a noindex on a page it isn't allowed to fetch. To remove a page, allow crawling and add noindex.

Does it run JavaScript?

No. It reads the HTML as served. Google renders pages, but a noindex in the served HTML can stop it from rendering at all, so the served version is what matters most.