Google does not want to index my page
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I have a site that is hundreds of page indexed on Google. But there is a page that I put in the footer section that Google seems does not like and are not indexing that page. I've tried submitting it to their index through google webmaster and it will appear on Google index but then after a few days it's gone again. Before that page had canonical meta to another page, but it is removed now.
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Hi,
There are many reasons that can cause Google to remove a page/site from its search index. First you need to review your page’s content yourself. If a site has content that is illegal and harmful, then Google will not include it in the search results.
Check the page with Google Search Console
Google allows webmaster to see how Google sees their websites with Search Console (formerly webmaster tools).
After logging into your Google search console account, there are two main sections where Google will directly inform you what’s wrong with your page.
- Crawl errors:
- Security:
- also check for malicious code
Hope this helps.
Thanks
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