Indexed Pages Checker

The Indexed Pages Checker is a free tool that examines everything that actually controls whether a page can appear in search results — its meta robots and X-Robots-Tag directives, its canonical tag, whether robots.txt allows it to be crawled, and how many URLs the site's sitemap submits for indexing. Instead of wondering whether a page is quietly excluded from search, you get a direct pass, warning, or issue on each of those signals, with a plain-language explanation of exactly what's blocking indexing if something is wrong.

It exists because indexing problems are almost always invisible until traffic drops for no obvious reason. A noindex tag left over from a staging environment, a canonical pointing at the wrong URL, or a sitemap that stopped updating months ago can all remove pages from search without any error message or warning — the page still loads fine for visitors, it just never shows up in results. Running a check here surfaces exactly that kind of silent, easy-to-miss problem before it costs real traffic.

When you submit a URL, the tool fetches the page's live HTML and HTTP response headers to read its meta robots tag, X-Robots-Tag header, and canonical link element, then separately fetches the domain's robots.txt file to check whether crawling is allowed and whether a sitemap is declared. If a sitemap is found, its URL count is read directly from the sitemap file itself. Each of these signals is evaluated independently and reported as a pass, warning, or issue depending on whether it's helping or hurting the page's chances of being indexed.

This reflects what search engines can see from the page's public HTML and the domain's robots.txt and sitemap at the moment you run the check — it does not query Google directly and cannot confirm whether a page has actually been crawled or indexed, since no public API exposes that. For a definitive answer on actual index status, Google Search Console remains the authoritative source.

• Watch for stray noindex tags left over from staging. A directive meant only for a development environment can silently remove a live page from search results if it's never cleaned up before launch.
• Keep your sitemap current as pages are added or removed. An outdated sitemap can miss brand-new pages or keep listing ones that no longer exist, wasting crawl attention on dead URLs.
• Declare your sitemap's location in robots.txt with a Sitemap: line. It helps crawlers discover it automatically, without relying solely on a one-time manual submission to each search console.
• Check that your canonical tag actually points where you intend. A canonical pointing to the wrong URL — even by accident — tells search engines to index a different page instead of the one you're checking.