You published a page, waited a few weeks, and it still doesn't show up on Google. Before you rewrite anything, check these five things. Most of the time, the problem is technical, not the content.
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A noindex tag
One line in your page's code can tell Google to skip it. Look for in the page source. Website builders and SEO plugins sometimes add it by accident, especially on pages copied from a draft.
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Blocked in robots.txt
Your robots.txt file tells Google which parts of your site it may crawl. A single wrong "Disallow" line can block a whole folder. Open yoursite.com/robots.txt and read it.
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The canonical tag points somewhere else
A canonical tag tells Google which version of a page is the "real" one. If it points to a different URL, Google will show that one instead of yours.
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No internal links
If no other page on your site links to it, Google may never find it. Link to your new page from your homepage, menu, or a related article.
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Thin or duplicate content
If the page is very short or looks almost the same as another page, Google may decide it isn't worth showing.
How to check all five at once
We built DBLScanner to find these problems automatically. Enter your website and it scans your pages for noindex tags, canonical problems, duplicate content, broken links and more.
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