Symptom Guides
Diagnosis by symptom: not indexed after weeks, homepage-only indexing, impressions with zero clicks — what each one means and the fix order.
Articles
- Indexed on Bing but Not Google: Why and How to Fix It
Your site is indexed on Bing but not Google. Rule out a real block with URL Inspection in two minutes, then fix the version fold, robots rule, or lag.
- Noindex Detected in X-Robots-Tag Header: Find the Source
Search Console says noindex is in your X-Robots-Tag header but your code is clean. Check the header and hunt the source: previews, plugins, config, CDN.
- SEO Audit Tool Shows 403 but Your Site Works in a Browser
Your SEO tool reports 403 or 429 errors but the site loads fine. Usually your firewall blocked the tool, not Google. Two checks settle it in minutes.
- Discovered Currently Not Indexed: What It Means, How to Fix
Discovered - currently not indexed means Google found your URL but has not crawled it. It is a crawl-priority issue, not quality. Here is how to fix it.
- Next.js Sitemap Couldn't Fetch in Search Console: The Fix
Search Console says Couldn't fetch but your Next.js sitemap loads fine in the browser. Read the Last read date, test like a crawler, fix the real cause.
- Sitemap Success but 0 Discovered Pages? What It Means
Search Console says Success but Discovered pages shows 0. Usually the count lags the last read, or your sitemap serves zero URLs. Two checks settle it.
- URL Is Unknown to Google: What It Means and the Fix
Search Console says URL is unknown to Google. Google has never seen that exact URL. Check the variant you inspected, your sitemap, and internal links.