Why is my page not indexed or disallowed from showing on Google search results?

If your page isn’t appearing on Google, the issue may not be complicated SEO tactics but simple missteps with robots directives. Here’s what to check before you waste time wondering why your site isn’t indexed.

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When it comes to SEO for Google search results (or any search engines), you can find abundant tutorials and know-hows on the Internet to guide you along and tune ranking and indexing to your heart’s content. However, beware of careless mistakes that may cost you dearly and put your search optimization efforts to waste.

Enter web robots. The main factors why your page is not showing on Google SERP.

  • Ensure that your page’s meta robots attribute is not accidentally set to noindex
  • Make sure that your robots.txt rules are not blocking your page with Disallow
  • Check that your page’s response header has no X-Robots-Tag that is set to noindex or none

So do yourself a favor. Make sure the above has been understood and taken care of. You will thank yourself for being careful with the most basic details in working with search engine indexing.

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