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Google Index Checker

Checks common technical indexing blockers for up to 10 addresses, with an optional search lookup for the first three.

We fetch the page for you. Our server fetches the public address you enter and reads the response. Nothing you enter is stored. Free, no account.

Finding the problem is the first half.

RankBrain removes the blocking rule, noindex or wrong canonical in your code.

RankBrain works on websites built in code, through the AI tool you already use (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, ChatGPT).

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How it works

You published a page and Google will not show it. This tool fetches up to 10 addresses and tests the five things that block indexing: the status code, the robots.txt rule for Googlebot, a noindex tag or header, a canonical pointing elsewhere, and redirects. It also checks the sitemap and runs a live search for the first three.

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    For each address we fetch the page and test the five things that block indexing: the status code, the robots.txt rule that applies to Googlebot, a noindex in the meta tag or the X-Robots-Tag header, a canonical pointing somewhere else, and redirects.

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    We also check whether the page is in the site's sitemap.

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    For the first three addresses we run a live site: search for the exact address in a public web search index and report whether it came back.

What it does not do

  • URL Inspection in Search Console is the definitive check for your own site. This tool checks common technical blockers, not every reason Google may exclude a page.

  • The live lookup uses public web search indexes, not Google's. A page can be in one and not the other.

When a source is busy or a site does not answer, this tool says so. It never fills the gap with a guess.

Questions

Why does a page I published not show up in Google?

Start with the five blockers. A noindex tag, an X-Robots-Tag header, a non-200 status or a conflicting canonical needs investigation. robots.txt blocks crawling, not necessarily indexing, and canonicals are hints rather than commands. This tool tests all five and checks whether the address is in the sitemap.

Can this tool tell me whether Google has indexed my page?

Not definitively from this tool. Public Google results can show indexed pages, but absence from a search is not proof of non-indexing. The definitive answer for your own site is URL Inspection in Search Console. The live lookup here uses public web search indexes, not Google's, so a page can appear in one and not the other.

What does "canonical points somewhere else" mean?

A canonical tag names the address a page wants to be known by. When it names a different address, search engines may consolidate signals to that address. They can ignore the hint if other signals disagree. That is correct for a duplicate, and a mistake when a template puts the same canonical on every page. The tool shows the address the tag points to.

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