Website URL page not found, what is the cause?
Table of Contents Causes of Articles Not being Indexed by Google Search:
1. Not Registered Google Search Console
2. There is a Noindex Tag in HTML Elements
3. Duplicate Content
4. Server Hosting Down
5. Google Algorithm Update
6. Google Search Console Maintenance
7. Wrong Settings on the Website
Maybe you have or are experiencing problems indexing website or blog article pages in Google searches. Domains that have difficulty indexing are not only cheap domains such as .my.id, .xyz, .web.id, .site, .online, and .store.
However, the most commonly used TLD (top-level domain) domain owners such as .com, .id, .net and others have also experienced difficulty being indexed in google search. So what is the cause of the website domain URL on the main page or homepage and article pages not being found on google?
Also read: How to find out whether a website is indexed or not on Google
Usually, the website article page is not found on google also has something to do with website indexing problems. However, we will discuss in general the reasons why your website does not appear in Google search or is not indexed on Google.
1. Website Domain Not in Google Search Console
This can happen for beginners who have just managed or have a website or blog, maybe some of them still don't understand or don't know about Google Search Console or Google webmasters.
If the domain URL on the website has not been registered in the google search console property, then you will find it difficult to monitor or monitor what is happening on your website, because in this GSC we can see reports on the performance of websites that we manage and one of them is to find out whether it is a web or blog. we are indexed or not in the google search console.
Then can the URL address of a website that is not listed in the search console property be indexed on google? the answer is that it is very possible, but it takes time and you can't monitor it other than monitoring directly on google searches.
Also read: Core Web Vitals: Introduction & How to Fix Core Web Data Problems
With the GSC, you can find out the progress of your website through the reports contained in the GSC itself. This report is very useful for developments in optimizing the SEO of your website or blog which is always updated by Google itself through algorithm updates, changes to the core web vitals score, and adding the latest report features that will be released by Google in the future.
2. There is a Noindex Tag on HTML Elements
For those of you who have a website or blog using CMS Blogspot or blogger and WordPress, maybe when choosing a blog template there is a line of HTML code that contains a noindex tag. Then what is the function of the noindex tag on the HTML element of a website or blog?
The noindex tag is a tag on the HTML element that functions to prevent website pages from being indexed in google search, but google Bots can still crawl web pages or blogs that have a noindex tag. This tag is quite useful if you don't have access to a web server like Blogspot or blogger users.
Also read: How to Set Robots.Txt on Blogger and the Code Correctly
So make sure the article page on the HTML element on Blogspot or blogger does not have a noindex tag and also the HTML head element does not have a no index meta tag. If so, please change it to something like rel="noindex" to rel="index" or rel="nofollow".
3. There are "Duplicate Content" Articles
The development of the Google algorithm until 2022 is always undergoing updates, including in dealing with article content that contains duplicates or the exact same starting from text, audio, and video.
The development of duplicate content has also experienced many developments such as the birth of AGC (Auto Generate Content) software or tools, Spin articles, and some even directly copy-paste or copy-paste articles directly through the targeted website or blog.
So duplicate content on the website is very easy to find and Google will learn from the complaints of the owners of the original article who reported these AGC, Copas, and Spinner players to the Google DMCA.
Also read: Tips on How to Accelerate Blog Loading Proven Fast In Pagespeed Insight
Articles that have duplicate content elements will usually be very difficult to index in Google search, and if indexed, it will usually be difficult to compete in Google's rankings. And if someone manages to get to the first page of a google search, they will get a lot of problems such as being taken down by the original owner through google DMCA or DMCA Protected developed by well-known companies, or even getting bad treatment from the original content owner like in jingling and in the bomb click on Adsense ads so that they experience ad serving restrictions or even get banned from google Adsense because of invalid traffic, and it could also be that the website was hacked and others.
4. Website Server Down
Website servers that are often down or down for a long time will trigger a deindex on google search. Not only triggering a deindex, but a down server will also be the cause of why article pages on google search experience a significant decline in rankings, so traffic begins to decline.
Server down is an event that is beyond our control, especially for website or blog owners who rent servers from domain and hosting providers. Because every website hosting provider will definitely experience unexpected down events even beyond the control of the hosting party, such as the fire incident in the Cyber 1 building in December 2021.
5. Google Algorithm Changes
Changes to the Google algorithm update may also affect the content of the latest articles that you update on your blog or website to be difficult to index. Maybe you need to survive this Google algorithm change, by studying the algorithm update and trying to align it to get close to or until it matches the Google update.
6. Maintenance of Google Search Console
Google Search Console maintenance also affects the indexing process in google search, this happened when googling search console closed the "Request Indexing" feature in the URL Inspection menu which we usually use to perform indexing requests manually in the google search console.
Maintenance of the google search console is usually due to changes in the Google algorithm, changes to certain score-scoring policies, and also the addition of the latest tools on the menus on the left side of the google search console dashboard.
7. Wrong Settings on the CMS Website
If you have a website or blog using CMS WordPress then there are settings or settings to adjust whether your website appears or not in Google search, this WordPress feature is called "Search Engine Visibility".
The way to see this setting is to first open the Settings menu, then select the Reading menu and after that, you can see the "Search Engine Visibility" feature on the right, for this feature, it's better not to put a checkmark.
This kind of setting also exists for Blogspot or blogger users, the blogger also has a feature where can we set our website to be found on google search, how to find out whether our blogger configuration can be seen on the google search engine by first you enter into the Settings menu on blogger, and after that, you scroll down until you find Privacy, then on Visible to Search Engine and the text below it says "Allow search engines to find your blog" then you put a tick or it's ON / active.
Closing
Thus the information that I can convey about what is the cause of why the domain on your website or blog is difficult to index in Google search. Hope this information can help you, Gbu :)
List of Posts Articles https://theblogrix.blogspot.com