What is Indexation?
Indexation is the process by which Google adds a page to its database to make it findable in search results.
The complete process
1. Crawling: Googlebot discovers your page
2. Rendering: Google executes JavaScript and sees the page like a user
3. Indexing: Content is analyzed and stored in the index
4. Ranking: The page is ranked for relevant queries
How to check indexation?
- ●
site:h1site.comin Google - ●Google Search Console > URL Inspection
- ●Google Search Console > Coverage report
Common problems
- ●Page blocked by robots.txt
- ●Noindex tag
- ●Thin or duplicate content
- ●JavaScript rendering issues
- ●Server errors (500)
SEO Impact
If a page isn't indexed, it simply doesn't exist in Google. Indexation is the prerequisite for any ranking.
Related Terms
What is a Robots.txt File?
The robots.txt file tells search engines which pages of your site they can or cannot crawl.
What is a Meta Description?
The meta description is a short HTML summary that appears below the title in Google search results.
What is the Title Tag?
The title tag is the most important HTML element for SEO. It's the blue clickable title in Google.
What is a Canonical Tag?
The canonical tag tells Google which is the preferred version of a page when duplicate content exists.
What is Hreflang?
Hreflang is an HTML attribute that tells Google the language and region a page targets for multilingual sites.
What is X-Default Hreflang?
X-default is a special hreflang value that designates the default page for users whose language isn't specifically targeted.