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  • iHasco
    iHasco Subscriber last edited by Oct 1, 2020, 3:19 PM

    I've noticed that some of our URLs have recently dropped completely out of Google's index.

    When carrying out a URL inspection in GSC, it comes up with 'Crawled, currently not indexed'.

    Strangely, I've also noticed that under referring page it says 'None detected', which is definitely not the case.

    I wonder if it could be something to do with the following? https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ranking-index-drop-30192.html - It seems to be a bug affecting quite a few people.

    Here are a few examples of the URLs that have gone missing:

    https://www.ihasco.co.uk/courses/detail/sexual-harassment-awareness-training

    https://www.ihasco.co.uk/courses/detail/conflict-resolution-training

    https://www.ihasco.co.uk/courses/detail/prevent-duty-training

    Any help here would be massively appreciated!

    John069 1 Reply Last reply Jun 28, 2023, 7:09 AM Reply Quote 0
    • Adox-Arabia
      Adox-Arabia last edited by Oct 24, 2024, 7:05 AM

      The same issue facing my website

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      • kananbrooks
        kananbrooks last edited by Oct 21, 2024, 1:54 PM

        It seems like this issue is quite common lately. I have experienced something similar with some pages on my site InstPro.net which are not getting indexed properly either. any advice would be appreciated.

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        • kananbrooks
          kananbrooks last edited by Oct 21, 2024, 1:54 PM

          It seems like this issue is quite common lately. I have experienced something similar with some pages on my site InstPro.net which are not getting indexed properly either. any advice would be appreciated.

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          • newhazel
            newhazel last edited by Jul 5, 2024, 7:52 AM

            @Philljones22 said in URLs dropping from index (Crawled, currently not indexed):

            Same issue here, my most of the URLs are getting de indexed after indexing the search console.

            I'm experiencing the same problem. Most of my URLs are getting de-indexed after being indexed by the search console.

            https://www.stardewvalleyapk.me/
            https://www.stardewvalleyapk.me/stardew-valley-mod-apk/

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            • johnsnow0022
              johnsnow0022 last edited by May 8, 2024, 10:51 PM

              I don't know why but I am facing the same issue from past 3 monts.
              My most of the URLs are getting de indexed after indexing the search console.

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              • Philljones22
                Philljones22 last edited by May 7, 2024, 12:37 PM

                @kingshah001 said in URLs dropping from index (Crawled, currently not indexed):

                Same issue here, my most of the URLs are getting de indexed after indexing the search console.

                Same issue here, my most of the URLs are getting de indexed after indexing the search console.
                https://inshotproapps.com
                https://instoproapps.com/inshot-for-pc/

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                • Shies
                  Shies last edited by Feb 20, 2024, 7:42 PM

                  Thanks for sharing details.

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                  • kingshah001
                    kingshah001 last edited by Jul 10, 2023, 8:24 PM

                    Same issue here, my most of the URLs are getting de indexed after indexing the search console.

                    Some of the URLs are below:

                    https://apkcroc.com/
                    https://apkcroc.com/vn-mod-apk/
                    https://apkcroc.com/kinemaster-mod-apk/
                    https://apkcroc.com/terragenesis-mod-apk/
                    https://apkcroc.com/sky-fighters-3d-mod-apk/

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                    • digitalgangsta
                      digitalgangsta last edited by Jul 9, 2023, 1:40 PM

                      My site is also a victim of same the issue, collecting bits and actionable advice. I'm planning to post my experience on Moz forum soon.

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                      • John069
                        John069 @iHasco last edited by Jun 28, 2023, 7:09 AM

                        @iHasco

                        Hello,

                        since the beginning of ladykiller.nl I am having the same issues with Google to crawl sitemap(s) and index urls. I am using Yoast as a plugin for the sitemap.

                        For the moment +3620 urls are indexed, but my website has +10.000 urls :(.
                        Also from time to time I get a notice in GSC that Google can not fetch certain sitemap urls f.e. https://ladykiller.nl/post-sitemap.xml. Mostly the issue is fixed after a week or so. Please find print screen here: https://prnt.sc/Pm_h2Arjxu-k

                        Already asked on numerous forums for help, as I can not find a solution to get this problem fixed. However, without any good results so far.

                        Therefore, I am trying it here again in the hope maybe some of you guys have some better understanding of what the issue might be and how it can be fixed. All help is highly appreciated!

                        Thanks in advance for having a look into it :)!

                        Warm regards,
                        John

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                        • DmitriiK
                          DmitriiK last edited by Oct 1, 2020, 6:11 PM Oct 1, 2020, 6:11 PM

                          Hi there,

                          The third URL you are referencing, is actually indexed:

                          https://dmitrii-regexseo.tinytake.com/tt/NDY4NDY4N18xNDgzNjgzMA

                          As for "crawled, not indexed" - in most cases it happens because of one and only reason - Google is seeing your page as thin content, not worth being indexed. Typically it happens on bigger sites with a lot of similar pages. In your case, you got many courses, with exactly same structure. So, if the content is not completely different, then Google might deem it not worthy.

                          As for the bug you referenced - did your URLs drop off the index exactly at the time when this issue has been discovered? (aka within the last week?).

                          Do you have any cannibalization happening?

                          To me it looks like that's the case. If I do this search: "site:https://www.ihasco.co.uk/ Sexual Harassment Training course"

                          There are many pages that are indexed and are ranking: https://dmitrii-regexseo.tinytake.com/tt/NDY4NDcwN18xNDgzNjg4Mg

                          So, basically, you have pages that are more authoritative with similar content. Therefore your courses pages are dropping as thin content.

                          I would recommend doing some internal linking optimization to tell Google what is actually important. Look in GSC for internal links metrics.

                          Hope this helps.

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