How to check if an individual page is indexed by Google?
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So my understanding is that you can use site: [page url without http] to check if a page is indexed by Google, is this 100% reliable though?
Just recently Ive worked on a few pages that have not shown up when Ive checked them using site: but they do show up when using info: and also show their cached versions, also the rest of the site and pages above it (the url I was checking was quite deep) are indexed just fine.
What does this mean?
thank you
p.s I do not have WMT or GA access for these sites
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This is what I would do, too: search for a large chunk of text from the page and see if the page comes up. Site: is not always 100% accurate.
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Fascinating - from what you describe it looks like Google might be getting ready to index the page, but it has not gone live yet. If the URL can't be found from a Google search...it most definitely is not indexed...because if it was, it would be in the results...you dig?
However, since you have info: pulling results - it shows that Google is familiar with the pages in question (at least to provide cached pages). Give it some time and hold out. Try running a few searches on large portions of text, check the site: search every few days, and if all else fails....get that WMT info. Nothing more useful than submitting a new sitemap and fetching the pages you want reviewed.
Good luck! Best,
Christopher
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Hi,
I used to re check indexed pages via "North Cut Google Indexed Pages Checker", free tool. I fully endorsed seoman10 answer too.
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The way I would do it is to search for a super long tail keyword, copy a large bunch of text of the page and paste it in Google (you may need to pass it through a notepad to strip out formatting).
Afraid I don't have an answer answer to your question regarding info and site parameters.
I would trust the mega long tail keyword option more, You have to remember how dynamic Google searches are, even from one PC to another on the same premises.
Hope it helps.
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