Debugging checklist for pages Google fails to index
When a page is missing from Google, the advice is to treat the problem as a bug rather than repeatedly requesting indexing. The recommended process is to capture the exact error, reproduce it locally, fix the root cause, and then verify the result. Developers are guided through Search Console's URL Inspection tool, including reading the indexing status and running a live test. Common blockers are covered with curl checks for HTTP status codes, noindex directives in headers and HTML, robots.txt rules, and canonical tag errors. The checklist also suggests comparing raw HTML with rendered output to catch client-side rendering problems.
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