indexing-audit
Audit indexing status across top pages. Use when asked about crawling,
Indexing Audit
Audit the indexing status of the top pages on a site and produce a prioritized action list.
Steps
- Call
list_propertiesto confirm the exactsite_url. - Call
get_search_analyticswithdimensions=page,sort_by=impressions,row_limit=20to identify the 20 most-visible pages. - Extract the list of page URLs from the results.
- Call
batch_url_inspectionwith up to 10 URLs at a time (API limit). Run twice if needed to cover all 20 pages. - Categorize each URL by verdict:
- ✅ Indexed (PASS)
- ⚠️ Soft 404 / Excluded
- ❌ Not indexed / Blocked
- 🔍 Canonical mismatch (Google chose a different canonical)
- For each issue, provide the specific
coverageState,pageFetchState, orrobotsTxtStatefrom the inspection.
Output format
Present as a prioritized action list:
- Critical — Not indexed pages that have impressions (visibility being lost)
- High — Canonical mismatches on high-traffic pages
- Medium — Robots.txt or fetch blocks
- Low — Soft exclusions on low-traffic pages
Include a summary table: page URL | verdict | issue | recommended action.