Google Indexing Status

Exploring the various indexing statuses on Google might seem overwhelming, especially when you dive into the Indexing Report on Google Search Console. But don't worry, we're here to help!

Below, you'll find a user-friendly breakdown of the main statuses you'll encounter, along with easy-to-understand descriptions of what they actually mean and how to fix the problamatic ones.

• Alternate page with proper canonical tag
• Blocked by robots.txt
• Blocked due to access forbidden (403)
• Crawled - currently not indexed
• Discovered - currently not indexed
• Duplicate, Google chose different canonical than user
• Duplicate without user-selected canonical
• Excluded by ‘noindex’ tag
• Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt
• Not found (404)
• Page with redirect
• Server error (5xx)
• Soft 404
• Submitted and indexed
• URL is unknown to Google