Before You Worry About Ranking, Fix This SEO Fundamental

Appearing in Google search results doesn’t always mean what you think it does. Here’s the truth about your website’s visibility and how to fix it.

This is step zero in SEO — 90% of website owners miss this.

7 out of 10 sites I audit have the same issue.

Your pages might be on Google.

But that does not mean they are being ‘indexed’.

Here is where most people mess up.

They confuse discovered, crawled, and indexed.

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Discovered vs. Crawled vs. Indexed: What’s the Difference?

→ “Discovered” means Google has identified the URL.

→ “Crawled” means Google has fetched the page’s content.

→ “Indexed” means Google has processed and stored it in search index.

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Remember: Discovered and crawled pages can still show up in Google results. Indexing is what you need.

For more details: Page indexing report by Google.

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How to Check Your Site’s Indexing Status in Google Search Console

Here is how to find out what is really going on with your site:

→ Go to Google Search Console

→ Click ‘Pages’

→ Click the dropdown under ‘Page Indexing’

→ Filter by ‘Sitemaps’

→ Now see which pages are actually indexed

Indexing is not ranking.

But ensures your site is visible to Google’s search engine.

Try this today.

Source : IGsc dashboard of design agency

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The Invisible Problem Killing Your SEO Efforts

I’ve seen it countless times — website owners invest in beautiful designs, compelling content, and even backlink strategies, yet their organic traffic remains disappointing. Why? Because they’ve missed the fundamental first step: ensuring Google has properly indexed their pages.

Think of indexing as getting your book onto the library shelves. If your book isn’t on the shelves, no one can check it out — no matter how brilliant your writing is. Similarly, if Google hasn’t indexed your pages, they’ll never rank for relevant searches, regardless of your content quality.

Take five minutes today to check your site’s true indexing status. You might be shocked at what you discover.

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