Google’s John Mueller provided more information about the annoying “found-but not currently indexed” message in the Google search console. When Google chose not to index URLs, Mueller responded to a series of tweets about what was happening at Google.
Is there a problem with the Google index?
There are many discussions on Twitter and Facebook about notifications that the URL has been discovered but not indexed, because it is troublesome to process the content and see that it seems to be rejected by Google.
Search marketing expert Dan Shure (@dan_shure) Started a Twitter thread on this topic, sharing how new articles were discovered but not indexed.
Dan shared an example of a client site that published two articles that appeared to have been discovered a few days later but are not currently indexed.
They submitted the re-crawled URLs, but Google basically rejected these pages and refused to index them.
Will the URL be blocked after it is discovered?
Therefore, Dan came up with an idea that after the URL itself was discovered and not indexed, it was destroyed at this time, and he decided to delete the old URL and paste the content on the new URL.
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It is a very good idea to discard the old URL and basically try again with a different URL.
he Tweet:
“So by last Friday, we had waited for more than 10 days (even new posts were indexed)
I think, is *URL itself*’dinged’?
Therefore, we deleted one of the posts, copied/pasted the same content completely, and reposted on a new page with a slightly different URL and new release date”
Dan continues to Next tweet:
“Posts on the new URL (but with the same content) were immediately indexed in just a few hours (not even submitted to GSC).
The other posts we left alone are still not indexed.
We will now move it to a new URL/date and see if the same thing happens. “
Dan concluded that there must be something wrong with this URL.
“We know that Google uses URL as the main “id” to index content, and all signals are related through it… So if a URL is “discovered but not indexed” the first time it passes, it will Get some kind of “ding” “——If you encounter this problem, maybe you can try it”
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Nothing new or special found/unindexed
Google’s John Mueller questioned whether the tool confuses people and whether Google should remove it.
There is nothing special or new about “discovered/not indexed”-mainly that you didn’t see it before (before it was added to SC). It is essentially “we have seen you, but maybe it’s too late, or never”. Is it too confusing? Should we delete it?
— 🧀 John🧀 (@JohnMu) November 8, 2021
Shaky on the edge of the index
Mueller acknowledged that sometimes the same content will be on the site”Shaky on the edge of the index“This can mean many things, such as overall website quality.
That’s really a Useful insights shared by Mueller:
“Yes, this may happen. But it may also log out again a week later, or another URL log out.
If you teeter on the edge of the index, there will always be fluctuations.
This basically means you need to convince Google that indexing more is worthwhile. “
John followed up with one More in-depth explanation:
“Since we don’t understand the URL (it is not indexed), we have to pull in the rest of the website to better understand its potential context in the website and other parts of the network. Is this something the network has been waiting for? Or Just another red widget?”
When asked to explain how to convince Google to index certain content John Mueller responds:
“incredible.
A lot of wonderful.
All kinds of powerful.
And add more excitement. “
What is wonderful?
Great and meaningful, no explanation needed.but it Yes It’s a bit vague.
I prefer something like this: Don’t do what everyone else is doing, just do what you think is best.
Or something like: Create something that excites you when you are new to the subject.
More is not better
The whole process of doing this”Ten times better“It is inspirational but naive, because more does not mean better.
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Another common mistake is to copy competitors and use their same keywords and synonyms (as if there is magic) Their Keywords), because this will result in basically rewritten content.
Prince is not famous for plagiarizing Michael Jackson, right?
So why is SEO so keen to draw inspiration from things that are already in the top ten? It makes sense to look at Google’s ranking, but when SEO starts to rewrite already ranked content, it doesn’t make sense anymore.
If you know this topic and are good at it, then why not try not to see what your competitors are doing and just do your best? Maybe Google may recognize a single voice on your website, others will call it awesome, and it may not have problems with being indexed.
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Can “discovered-but not currently indexed” put URLs in some kind of “blacklist”?
Can “discovered-but not currently indexed” put URLs in some kind of “blacklist”?
I think I will share some weird and interesting things that happened in some of the customer’s blog posts.
(1/5) (I hate to do threading, but this requires a little detail) 👇🏻
— Dan Shure (@dan_shure) November 8, 2021
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