Verify that your site can be indexed and find any problems

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The first thing to do with Search Console is to check that there are no issues preventing key pages from being crawled and indexed.

You can do this with the " Index " report. Select the report from the left sidebar menu:

Tip: Pay special attention to the "not indexed" pages. These pages will give you specific issues with the status of your site's pages.


To better understand the Index report, you can click here .

Additionally, you can inspect any URL on the site (using the URL bar at the list of georgia consumer email top of the page) and see the index status of that page.
Check your Robot.txt files
Depending on your site's CMS, you may have a robots.txt file set up. This is typically located at:

And it should look something like this:

robots.txt
If you don't have one, you'll need to create one.

But what exactly is robots.txt for?

The robots.txt file tells Googlebot (and other bots) how to crawl your site. If you are blocking key pages on your site from being crawled, fix it quickly to avoid indexing problems.