Technical SEO
Indexing
The process of storing and organizing crawled page content in a search engine's database.
CurrentLast updated: 2026-09-16
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Definition
Technical SEOIndexing is the process by which a search engine stores and organizes the content of crawled pages in its database. A page must be crawled and then indexed to appear in search results. Indexing is separate from crawling — a page can be crawlable but not indexed if it has a noindex directive.
Why it matters
An unindexed page cannot rank. Monitoring indexation status is a fundamental technical SEO task.
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