| 🎯 What’s the goal? Diagnose any Index Coverage Issues on your website. | ⚠️ Why does it matter? Index Coverage Issue can make your website drop in Google Index. |
| 🏁 What’s the result? All Index Coverage Issues revealed are fixed. | ⌚ When do you do this? Once a month, and every time after you add a great amount of content. |
| ✅ Any special requirements? You need to have Google Search Console enabled for your website. | 🙋♂️Who should do it? The person in charge of managing your website. |
👉 Where this is done: In Google Search Console tool.
⏳ How long will this take? about 5 minutes
Let’s get started,
In 5 minute no more Index Coverage Issues will be hidden from you.
Environment setup:
- We recommend that you use Google Chrome browser to navigate the web.
- Google Search Console tool enabled for your website.
Checking using Google Search Console Tool
- Go to Google Search Console.
- Click on “Start Now” and sign in with your Google Account.
- In the left side menu, choose “Coverage” under the “Index” section.
- Orange window will show you if there are any Index Coverage Issues with your website.
- The corresponding number will be displayed if there are any issues.
- And you will find a list of all issues underneath in the “Details” section.
- You can inspect an issue by clicking on it.
- Then by clicking on “Learn More” you can further inspect the type of the error and find possible solutions.
Now when you diagnose an issue you should fix it
- After you are done fixing, click on “Validate Fix”, so Google Search Console will check if the issue is solved.
- Now you just need to wait for validation to end. It should happen in a matter of minutes but in some cases it could be longer (even a couple of hours).
Now you know how to diagnose any Index Coverage Issues for your website. When you will check for them frequently, nothing unexpected will prevent you from reaching more and more audiences
