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“Crawled, Currently Not Indexed”? Why Google Isn’t Indexing Your Pages and What to Do
Google Search Console shows “Crawled – currently not indexed” or “Discovered – currently not indexed” for your pages? Here is what those statuses mean and how to get important pages indexed.
Short answer: These statuses mean Google found your pages but decided they aren’t worth indexing yet, or hasn’t gotten to them. Make sure each important page is unique, genuinely useful, fast, linked from other pages on your site and listed in your sitemap, then request indexing for the most important ones.
What the statuses mean
- Discovered, currently not indexed: Google knows the URL exists but hasn’t crawled it yet, often because of crawl budget or a slow site.
- Crawled, currently not indexed: Google read the page and chose not to index it, often because it looks thin, duplicated or low value.
- Duplicate without user-selected canonical: Google sees the page as a copy of another.
- Page with redirect: the URL redirects, which is normal for old addresses.
How to fix it
- Check that the page isn’t blocked by robots.txt or a noindex tag.
- Make each page clearly different, with real information people need.
- Link to important pages from your menu, home page and related pages.
- Keep the sitemap current and submit it in Search Console.
- Speed up slow pages.
- Use URL Inspection and “Request indexing” for your most important pages.
- Be patient; new sites and new pages can take weeks.
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Frequently asked questions
Is “Crawled, currently not indexed” a penalty?
No. It is Google deciding a page isn’t worth indexing yet. Improving the page and linking to it internally usually changes that.
Should every page on my site be indexed?
No. Thin tag pages, filters and duplicates are better left out. Focus on pages a searcher would actually want.