Inspect a URL

Inspect a URL asks Google Search Console about one page and shows whether Google has indexed it, and why or why not. It shows Google's last recorded view of the page. It doesn't run a fresh test.

Find the section

1. In the sidebar, select Analysis > Website. It opens your primary site. To switch sites, select the site's name at the top of the page.
2. Inspect a URL is the first section, above Site audit.

Performance also links here. When Google is connected, select "inspect a URL on" and your primary site's name at the bottom of Search. See Read Performance.

Before you start

• Google must be connected with Search Console access.
• A Search Console property must be chosen on the Google connection.

When both are in place, the section header shows "Search Console property:", then the property. Every inspection uses that one property, whichever site's page you're on. The URL you enter must be a page in that property.

Inspect a page

1. Enter the full page URL, including https://.
2. Select Inspect. The button reads Inspecting… while it runs.

The result appears below the form, under the URL you checked.

Read the result

Three values sum it up:

• Verdict: Indexed, Not indexed, or Unknown.
• Coverage: Google's own wording for the page's index status.
• Last crawl: when Google last crawled the page, in your workspace timezone. Never means Google hasn't crawled it.

The details below show why:

• Crawl allowed: Yes, or "No: blocked by robots.txt".
• Page fetch: whether Google could load the page. For example, Successful or "Failed: not found (404)".
• Indexing allowed: Yes, or a reason such as "No: noindex in robots meta tag".
• User-declared canonical: the canonical URL the page names, or None.
• Google-selected canonical: the URL Google chose as the canonical.
• Sitemaps: sitemaps where Google found the page.
• Referring pages: pages Google saw linking to it.

A "—" means Google returned no value for that field.

Sitemaps and Referring pages list at most 5 URLs. If Google knows of more, the list ends with "Showing 5 of", then the total.

If a value starts with "No:" or "Failed:", fix that on your site, then inspect the page again after Google recrawls it.

When Google returns a link to its full report, Open in Search Console shows below the details. It opens in a new tab.

If something goes wrong

If the URL doesn't start with http:// or https://, the form says "Enter a full page URL, like https://example.com/page."

If Google can't inspect the page, the form says "Search Console could not inspect that URL. It must be a page on", then your property, then "Try again." Check that the URL belongs to that property.

If the Google connection isn't set up, the section shows one of these messages. Select Open the Google connection to fix it in Settings > Connections > Google:

• Not connected: "Connect Google to see search clicks and impressions."
• No Search Console access: "Your Google connection does not include Search Console. Reconnect Google and allow Search Console access."
• No property chosen: "Choose the Search Console property Mark should read on the Google connection."
• Access revoked or expired: "Google access was revoked or expired. Reconnect Google to see search data."

If Search Console doesn't answer, the section says "Search Console did not answer. Reload to try again." Reload the page.

For the rest of the site's page, see Site audit and Check site readiness.