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    • iHasco
      iHasco Subscriber last edited by

      I've noticed that some of our URLs have recently dropped completely out of Google's index.

      When carrying out a URL inspection in GSC, it comes up with 'Crawled, currently not indexed'.

      Strangely, I've also noticed that under referring page it says 'None detected', which is definitely not the case.

      I wonder if it could be something to do with the following? https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ranking-index-drop-30192.html - It seems to be a bug affecting quite a few people.

      Here are a few examples of the URLs that have gone missing:

      https://www.ihasco.co.uk/courses/detail/sexual-harassment-awareness-training

      https://www.ihasco.co.uk/courses/detail/conflict-resolution-training

      https://www.ihasco.co.uk/courses/detail/prevent-duty-training

      Any help here would be massively appreciated!

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      • Adox-Arabia
        Adox-Arabia last edited by

        The same issue facing my website

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        • kananbrooks
          kananbrooks last edited by

          It seems like this issue is quite common lately. I have experienced something similar with some pages on my site InstPro.net which are not getting indexed properly either. any advice would be appreciated.

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          • kananbrooks
            kananbrooks last edited by

            It seems like this issue is quite common lately. I have experienced something similar with some pages on my site InstPro.net which are not getting indexed properly either. any advice would be appreciated.

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            • newhazel
              newhazel last edited by

              @Philljones22 said in URLs dropping from index (Crawled, currently not indexed):

              Same issue here, my most of the URLs are getting de indexed after indexing the search console.

              I'm experiencing the same problem. Most of my URLs are getting de-indexed after being indexed by the search console.

              https://www.stardewvalleyapk.me/
              https://www.stardewvalleyapk.me/stardew-valley-mod-apk/

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              • johnsnow0022
                johnsnow0022 last edited by

                I don't know why but I am facing the same issue from past 3 monts.
                My most of the URLs are getting de indexed after indexing the search console.

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                • Philljones22
                  Philljones22 last edited by

                  @kingshah001 said in URLs dropping from index (Crawled, currently not indexed):

                  Same issue here, my most of the URLs are getting de indexed after indexing the search console.

                  Same issue here, my most of the URLs are getting de indexed after indexing the search console.
                  https://inshotproapps.com
                  https://instoproapps.com/inshot-for-pc/

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                  • Shies
                    Shies last edited by

                    Thanks for sharing details.

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                    • kingshah001
                      kingshah001 last edited by

                      Same issue here, my most of the URLs are getting de indexed after indexing the search console.

                      Some of the URLs are below:

                      https://apkcroc.com/
                      https://apkcroc.com/vn-mod-apk/
                      https://apkcroc.com/kinemaster-mod-apk/
                      https://apkcroc.com/terragenesis-mod-apk/
                      https://apkcroc.com/sky-fighters-3d-mod-apk/

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                      • digitalgangsta
                        digitalgangsta last edited by

                        My site is also a victim of same the issue, collecting bits and actionable advice. I'm planning to post my experience on Moz forum soon.

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                        • John069
                          John069 @iHasco last edited by

                          @iHasco

                          Hello,

                          since the beginning of ladykiller.nl I am having the same issues with Google to crawl sitemap(s) and index urls. I am using Yoast as a plugin for the sitemap.

                          For the moment +3620 urls are indexed, but my website has +10.000 urls :(.
                          Also from time to time I get a notice in GSC that Google can not fetch certain sitemap urls f.e. https://ladykiller.nl/post-sitemap.xml. Mostly the issue is fixed after a week or so. Please find print screen here: https://prnt.sc/Pm_h2Arjxu-k

                          Already asked on numerous forums for help, as I can not find a solution to get this problem fixed. However, without any good results so far.

                          Therefore, I am trying it here again in the hope maybe some of you guys have some better understanding of what the issue might be and how it can be fixed. All help is highly appreciated!

                          Thanks in advance for having a look into it :)!

                          Warm regards,
                          John

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                          • DmitriiK
                            DmitriiK last edited by

                            Hi there,

                            The third URL you are referencing, is actually indexed:

                            https://dmitrii-regexseo.tinytake.com/tt/NDY4NDY4N18xNDgzNjgzMA

                            As for "crawled, not indexed" - in most cases it happens because of one and only reason - Google is seeing your page as thin content, not worth being indexed. Typically it happens on bigger sites with a lot of similar pages. In your case, you got many courses, with exactly same structure. So, if the content is not completely different, then Google might deem it not worthy.

                            As for the bug you referenced - did your URLs drop off the index exactly at the time when this issue has been discovered? (aka within the last week?).

                            Do you have any cannibalization happening?

                            To me it looks like that's the case. If I do this search: "site:https://www.ihasco.co.uk/ Sexual Harassment Training course"

                            There are many pages that are indexed and are ranking: https://dmitrii-regexseo.tinytake.com/tt/NDY4NDcwN18xNDgzNjg4Mg

                            So, basically, you have pages that are more authoritative with similar content. Therefore your courses pages are dropping as thin content.

                            I would recommend doing some internal linking optimization to tell Google what is actually important. Look in GSC for internal links metrics.

                            Hope this helps.

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