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Excluded Pages in Google Search Console

The Excluded status in Google Search Console's Pages report means the page is not in Google's index. This is often fine - but you should review the reasons to confirm they are intentional.

Common Excluded Reasons

  • noindex tag applied - You explicitly told Google not to index the page. This is intentional for thank-you pages, login pages, etc.
  • Page with redirect - This URL redirects to another. If intentional 301 redirect, this is fine.
  • Duplicate, Google chose different canonical than user - Google picked a different version of the page as the canonical. Review your canonical tags.
  • Alternate page with proper canonical tag - This URL is a duplicate and the canonical points to the preferred version. Usually fine.
  • Crawled - currently not indexed - Google crawled the page but chose not to index it. Requires content review.
  • Discovered - currently not indexed - Google found the URL but has not crawled it yet. May indicate crawl budget issues.
  • Blocked by robots.txt - Confirm this is intentional.
  • Not found (404) - The page does not exist. If it should exist, fix the server error.

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