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Indexability Checker

Find out whether Google can index a page, and why.

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Indexability checker

Check whether Google can index a page

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How to use the indexability checker

Three steps, no sign-up.

  1. 1

    Enter a URL

    Type or paste the address to check, then press Check or Enter.

  2. 2

    Read the verdict

    See whether Google can index the page, and every check behind the answer.

  3. 3

    Copy the result

    Copy the findings in one click. We don't store the URL or the page.

Indexability Checker: what to know

The indexability checker answers one question about a live URL: can Google index this page? Our server requests the page, following any redirects, and the robots.txt of the site it ends on. Your browser then combines the signals that decide indexing into one verdict with the reason: the final status code, whether robots.txt lets Googlebot crawl the URL, noindex or none in the robots and googlebot meta tags or the X-Robots-Tag header, where the canonical points, and whether the content type is one Google indexes. Each check is listed with what it found and what it means.

A few facts make the verdict easier to act on. robots.txt controls crawling, not indexing, so a blocked URL can still appear in results without its content, and Google can't see a noindex on a page it may not crawl. A canonical pointing elsewhere is a strong hint that another URL should be indexed instead. Redirected URLs aren't indexed; their destination is, so the verdict is for the final URL. The checker reads the raw HTML without running JavaScript, and response times are measured from our server. The URL and the page aren't stored or logged, and passing every check makes a page eligible, not guaranteed to be indexed.

Popular uses

  • Finding out why a page is missing from Google
  • Checking a page after a launch or migration for a stray noindex
  • Confirming a staging or thank-you page really is kept out of search
  • Spotting canonicals that point at the wrong URL
  • Checking that robots.txt doesn't block an important section

Tips for the best result

  • To remove a page from Google, use noindex and leave it crawlable; blocking it in robots.txt hides the noindex.
  • Check the final URL after redirects too: the verdict is for the page Google would index.
  • Make canonicals absolute and point them at the exact URL, with or without the trailing slash you actually use.
  • For pages on your own site, compare the result with URL Inspection in Search Console.

Read how JustYourSEO works and our privacy details. The URL you enter is sent to our server, which requests that public page and returns it to your browser to check. Neither the URL nor the page is stored or logged.

Frequently asked questions

Our server requests the page and its site's robots.txt, and your browser checks what comes back: the final status code and any redirects, whether robots.txt lets Googlebot crawl the URL, noindex or none in the robots and googlebot meta tags and the X-Robots-Tag header, where the canonical points, and whether the content type is one Google indexes. The URL and the page aren't stored or logged.

Not necessarily. A Disallow rule stops crawling, not indexing: Google can still index the bare URL, without its content, if other pages link to it. And because Google can't crawl the page, it never sees a noindex on it. To keep a page out of search, allow crawling and use noindex.

No. Passing every check makes a page eligible. Google still decides whether to index it, based on things like its quality, whether it duplicates another page and whether it's linked from elsewhere. For a page on a site you own, the URL Inspection tool in Search Console shows Google's own view.

We read the raw HTML without running JavaScript, and Google renders JavaScript, so a script that adds or removes noindex or a canonical can change the result. Servers can also answer differently by user agent or country. Response times are measured from our server.

No. The text, HTML, files and images you paste or open are processed on your device and are not sent to our server or stored. The five URL tools (SEO audit, indexability checker, redirect checker, HTTP header checker and broken link checker) are the exception: they send the URL you enter to our server, which requests that public page (and, for the broken link checker, each link on it) and returns what it received to your browser to check. The URL and the page aren't stored or logged. The optional Import from URL in the meta tag, Open Graph and Twitter card generators works the same way.

Yes. Every tool is free with no sign-up and no limits on use. Clearly labeled ads keep it that way.

They help you get the details right: tags that are complete and valid, previews that read well, files crawlers can parse. No tool can guarantee rankings; those depend on your content, your site and how search engines evaluate them.