Category: GSC indexing statuses

February 2024

How to fix Discovered Currently not indexed 

Written for ziptie.dev, a separate product; ziptie.ai is the current platform. “Discovered – Currently not indexed” is a common indexing issue in Google Search Console. It means Google knows your page exists, but hasn’t visited it yet.  This article explains why this happens and provides solutions. Four reasons for “Discovered – currently not indexed” There […]

February 2024

How to fix Crawled – currently not indexed

Written for ziptie.dev, a separate product; ziptie.ai is the current platform. Crawled – currently not indexed is one of the most common reasons that a page isn’t indexed. Let’s explore how to fix this issue on your website! When Google shows "Crawled – currently not indexed" in Search Console, it means Google has seen your […]

June 2023

The Pitfalls of Dynamic Rendering: How Disqus.com Lost 90% of Traffic

A few years ago, in 2018, I noticed a significant decline in traffic for Disqus.com, a website for a popular commenting plugin. Intriguingly, this drop coincided with Google’s March 2018 update. They haven’t recovered since then. However, they could implement a simple fix to get back on track. A Misguided Recovery Effort You might assume […]

June 2023

Fixing “Discovered – currently not indexed” in Google Search Console

“Discovered – Currently not indexed” is a common issue in Google Search Console. It means Google knows about your page through links or via a sitemap, but hasn’t visited it yet.  This article explains why this happens and provides solutions. Four reasons for “Discovered – currently not indexed” There are four reasons for “Discovered – […]

June 2023

Google Search Console is not enough to solve your indexing problems

Written for ziptie.dev, a separate product; ziptie.ai is the current platform. People frequently ask us about the differences between ZipTie and the indexing reports provided by Google Search Console (GSC). While GSC is a useful tool, it has limitations that can make it challenging to use for certain tasks. Here are five ways in which […]

June 2023

“Crawled – Currently not Indexed” Finally Explained

Written for ziptie.dev, a separate product; ziptie.ai is the current platform. Crawled but not indexed is a common reason that a page isn’t indexed. Let’s explore how to fix this issue for your website! What do we know about Crawled – Currently not Indexed? This could mean one of two things: Three most common reasons […]

June 2023

How to deal with “Duplicate, Google chose different canonical than user”

In this article, we will simplify a commonly seen Google-indexing problem: “Duplicate, Google chose different canonical than user.”  In simple terms, this status means that Google didn’t agree with your canonical hints and chose a different page to the canonical version.  As a result, the page is not in Google’s index. Canonical proposed by the […]

May 2023

How to fix Soft 404 errors using Ziptie.dev

Written for ziptie.dev, a separate product; ziptie.ai is the current platform. Soft 404 errors might not be as well known as other indexing statuses, such as “Crawled – but Currently Not Indexed” or “Discovered – Currently Not Indexed”, but they can significantly harm your website’s visibility on Google. In this article I will show you […]