{"id":24971,"date":"2024-09-03T08:35:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T22:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=24971"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:28:38","slug":"indexability","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/glossary\/indexability\/","title":{"rendered":"Indexability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Indexability?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indexability is simply a web page\u2019s ability to be found indexed and added to a database by search engines like Google. This is the only way a webpage can be ranked for relevant search terms and queries&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Why is indexability important for a website?<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without indexing your website won\u2019t show in <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/glossary\/serp\/\">the SERPs<\/a>. This means that users won\u2019t know you (or your website) exists! <strong>No rankings = no traffic = no leads!&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Difference Between Crawling &amp; Indexing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/glossary\/crawlability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crawling<\/a> and Indexing are often used interchangeably, but are two very different processes with different purposes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Crawling<\/strong> refers to the process in which search engine crawlers (or bots) access, read and understand a website\u2019s content.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Indexability<\/strong> refers to the process after a page has been crawled. This means that a webpage will be added to a database of pages a search engines know about and how it will be organised and ranked.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When To Not Index a Page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When To Not Index A Page&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are some reasons where it would make sense not to have a page indexed. This reduces <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/glossary\/index-bloat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">index bloat<\/a> and ensures only the most relevant and valuable pages appear in search results. Some common pages that should be no-indexed include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thank you pages&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Landing pages for PPC efforts&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Non-informative or thin content pages&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Archives, author and tag pages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Makes a Page Indexable?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are several criteria a page must follow to ensure that it is indexable. These include:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Internal Links:<\/strong> It is important to ensure that relevant and important pages are linked across site. This helps search engines discover you pages on your website. <i>Remember to ensure that these pages don\u2019t have a \u201cnofollow\u201d tag as Google does not crawl these links.<\/i>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Submit A Sitemap: <\/strong>Include your page in an XML sitemap and submit it to search engines through tools like <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/glossary\/google-search-console\/\">Google Search Console<\/a>. This helps search engines find and index your page more quickly.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Submit individual pages:<\/strong> If you have updated or created a new page, you can individually submit URLs in Google Search Console. This will test the URL and add it to the crawl queue. <em>Note that there is a daily limit for indexing.&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ensure it does not have a \u201cnoindex\u201d tag: <\/strong>Check that your page does not contain a \u201cnoindex\u201d meta tag. This tag tells search engines not to index the page, so removing it is crucial if you want your page to appear in search results.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Page must be canonical: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/glossary\/canonical-url\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canonical tags<\/a> (rel=\u201ccanonical\u201d) help prevent duplicate content issues by specifying the &#8220;preferred&#8221; version of a page. This helps search engines understand which page to index when multiple similar versions exist.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":""},"class_list":["post-24971","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/24971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}