Topic: url inspection tool
-
Google Downplays Surge in Deindexing Reports
Since late April 2026, SEO professionals have reported Google removing pages from its index without explanation, with many pages showing a "crawled, currently not indexed" status, though Google claims nothing unusual is happening. Many reported deindexing cases are actually ranking losses, canoni...
Read More » -
Google: When to Use Search Console's 'Validate Fix'
The "Validate Fix" button in Google Search Console triggers a faster recrawl of affected pages after checking a sample, but it's not required as Google will detect fixes during normal crawling. The tool should only be used when all instances of a specific error type (like 404s or 403s) have been ...
Read More » -
Google May Drop Pages Using CAPTCHA Verification
When a website's security system mistakenly serves a CAPTCHA page to Googlebot, Google may index that interstitial page as real content, potentially removing your genuine page from search results or marking it as a duplicate of another site's version. This issue is tricky to diagnose because the ...
Read More » -
Google Explains JavaScript Canonicalization
Google's updated guidance states that the canonical URL set via JavaScript must match the one in the original HTML source to avoid sending search engines conflicting signals. The search engine advises that the best practice is to embed the canonical tag directly in the HTML, but if JavaScript mus...
Read More »