Crawlability and Indexability Issues Checklist

Definitions

Crawlability: How easy it is for Google's bots to access your site's content.

Indexability: Whether your site's content can be saved in Google's servers for retrieval.

Checklist

• Use the site: operator to check index status
• Check Google Search Console (Indexing > Coverage)
• Use tools like Screaming Frog for crawl audits
• Check for noindex tags and robots.txt blocks
• Simplify URL structure (flat structure preferred)
• Improve internal links and fix broken links or redirect loops
• Submit XML sitemaps
• Monitor server errors (e.g., 509 bandwidth exceeded)
• Improve loading speed for better crawler budget usage