Indexation
Whether a page is stored in a search engine's index and therefore eligible to appear in results.
In depth
What it really means
Indexation is whether a page has actually been stored in a search engine’s index. Crawling is finding the page; indexing is keeping it as a candidate to show in results. A page that isn’t indexed cannot rank, no matter how good it is.
Common blockers include noindex tags, canonicalization to another URL, thin quality, or crawl issues.
Best practices
- Check index status for important pages in Search Console.
- Remove accidental noindex tags from pages you want indexed.
- Make sure valuable pages aren’t canonicalized away.
- Improve thin pages so they earn indexing.
- Keep architecture and internal linking clean so pages are found.
FAQs
What is indexation?
Whether a page is stored in a search engine’s index and therefore eligible to appear in results.
Crawling vs indexing?
Crawling is finding a page; indexing is storing it as a candidate to rank. A crawled page isn’t always indexed.
Why isn’t my page indexed?
Common causes are noindex tags, canonicalization to another URL, thin content, or crawl issues.
How do I check if a page is indexed?
Use Google Search Console’s URL inspection, or search for the exact URL.
Does indexing guarantee ranking?
No. Indexing makes a page eligible to rank; relevance and authority decide where.
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