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Can Google index this site?

Meta robots, X-Robots-Tag header and robots.txt. Launching a site with a "noindex" left over from staging costs weeks of ranking and nobody notices.

Example: tusitio.pe or https://www.tusitio.pe. Takes a few seconds.

What we check

  • Meta robots and googlebot tags
  • X-Robots-Tag header
  • robots.txt blocking everything
  • Title, description, canonical and H1

Frequently asked questions

The site is indexable but does not appear on Google.

Indexable means Google is allowed to. It still needs to find it (a sitemap, links) and consider it worth showing. Submit it in Search Console.

Where does the noindex come from in WordPress?

Settings > Reading > "Discourage search engines from indexing this site". Staging copies usually have it on, and it survives the migration.

What does robots.txt "Disallow: /" mean?

It asks every crawler to stay out of the whole site. Fine for a private area, fatal for a public one.

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