FAQ: Google Search Console Index Coverage report

Frequently Asked Questions

• Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt: what does it mean and how to fix it?
• Submitted URL seems to be a Soft 404: what does it mean and how to fix it?
• Submitted URL has crawl issue: what does it mean and how to fix it?
• Duplicate without user-selected canonical: what does it mean and how to fix it?
• Crawled - currently not indexed: what does it mean and how to fix?
• Discovered - currently not indexed: what does it mean and how to fix?
• Indexed, not submitted in sitemap: what does it mean and how to fix?
• Submitted URL marked ‘noindex’: what does it mean and how to fix it?
• Crawl anomaly: what does it mean and how to fix?
• Alternate page with proper canonical tag: what does it mean and how to fix it?
• New Index coverage issue detected for site: how to fix?
• Submitted URL not found (404): what does it mean and how to fix it?
• Duplicate, submitted URL not selected as canonical: what does it mean and how to fix it?
• Duplicate, Google chose different canonical than user: what does it mean and how to fix it?