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Indexability Checker

Check whether a page is indexable - noindex directives and crawlability signals.

Enter a URL to check whether it's indexable - meta robots and X-Robots-Tag directives.

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What Is the Indexability Checker?

It checks whether search engines are allowed to index a page: the HTTP status, a noindex in the robots meta tag or the X-Robots-Tag header, and related signals.

When to Use It

When a page does not appear in Google.
After launching a site that was built on a staging server with noindex enabled.

How to Use It

Enter the page URL.
Look for any blocking signal.

Understanding the Result

An indexable page returns 200 and has no noindex directive. Remember that pages blocked in robots.txt cannot be crawled, so Google never sees their noindex tag.

Limitations

Being indexable does not guarantee Google will index a page - quality and internal links matter too. Check canonicals with the Canonical URL Checker.

Frequently Asked Questions

A noindex meta tag or header explicitly tells search engines not to include the page in search results (while still allowing them to crawl and see the tag); robots.txt instead asks crawlers not to even fetch the page at all - different mechanisms with different practical effects.

Yes, exactly what a noindex tag accomplishes - the page can be fully crawled and its noindex directive read, while still being deliberately excluded from appearing in search results.

A very common cause is a noindex tag left in place after migrating a staging/development site to production, where it was originally added intentionally to prevent an unfinished site from being indexed.

They have related but distinct effects - a canonical tag consolidates ranking signals toward a different preferred URL, while noindex is a more direct, explicit instruction not to index this specific page at all, regardless of any other page.

Checking directly with a tool like this one is the fastest way; search engine webmaster tools/consoles also typically report indexing status and reasons a specific page may have been excluded.