Find pages Google has not indexed and check your sitemaps
Check which important pages are missing from Google, whether your sitemaps are read without errors, and what is likely holding each page back.
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Time
- about 15 min
Check my sitemaps in Search Console: when Google last read each one, and any errors or warnings. Then take my [20] most recent published [pages and posts] from WordPress and check whether Google has indexed each one. For every page that is not indexed, tell me why according to Search Console, and check whether WordPress asks search engines not to index the site or the SEO plugin marks that page noindex. Only report; change nothing. End with a short list of what to fix first, in plain words.
Already connected?
If SAR is already in your AI app, this is enough:
Check my sitemaps and which of my recent pages Google has not indexed, and why.
What happens
- The AI app lists your sitemaps from Search Console, with when each was last read and any errors.
- It takes your recent published posts and pages from WordPress and asks Search Console about each address.
- For pages that are not indexed it inspects the address for the reason Google gives.
- It checks your WordPress reading settings and each page's noindex setting in the SEO plugin.
- Nothing changes; you get a list of what to fix first.
Approvals involved
Nothing here changes your site: no approval needed.
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What you get
A clear list of unindexed pages with the likely reason for each, and the state of your sitemaps. Google can take days to recrawl a page after you fix it.
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Try it on your own site
Install the plugin, add SAR to your AI app and paste the prompt. Free to start.