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This tells you how many pages (more specifically URLs) a search engine has in its index. Why it’s useful Your pages first need to get indexed for them to appear in SERPs and drive organic traffic, but you’ll also want to keep some pages out of the index. Generally speaking, you want to see the number of indexed pages steadily increasing as you publish new content. Any sudden changes in the number are likely a sign of a technical SEO issue. The larger and more complex your website is, the more important this metric becomes for you. How to track it You can check approximately how many pages from a given domain Google has in its index by using the site search operator like this.
But the best way to keep track of this number with more details is to check the Coverage report in Andorra Email List your GSC account: 8. Index coverage errors Related to the previous metric, the number of pages that have index coverage errors is equally important. These errors are anything that prevents your pages from being indexed when it’s not done intentionally using the noindex robots meta tag. Why it’s useful There are many reasons why Google might deindex your pages or refuse to index them straight away. Since index coverage errors show up when the reason is likely something you didn’t do on purpose, it’s important to know about them and fix them when necessary. How to track it Again, these errors also appear in the GSC Coverage report: When you click through on an error, it will show a list of URLs affected by that with a link to learn more about it.
There’s also usually an instruction on how to fix it. If you want to dive deeper and get more guidance on how to fix your indexation issues, sign up for a free Ahrefs Webmaster Tools account and crawl your website using Site Audit: After the tool finishes crawling your website, head to the Indexability report and check the issues there: This way, you can possibly fix your pages even before Google crawls them, which is always better. Learn more: 10 Ways to Get Google to Index Your Site (That Actually Work) 9. Core Web Vitals Core Web Vitals (CWV) are a set of three technical SEO metrics related to your website speed and user experience. Here’s what the metrics are: Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) – the single largest visible element loaded in the viewport. First Input Delay (FID) – the time from when a user interacts with your page until the page can respond. Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) – how elements move around or how stable the page layout is.
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