{"id":1828,"date":"2022-09-20T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewebtoolz.com\/blog\/index.php\/2022\/09\/20\/how-to-fix-discovered-currently-not-indexed\/"},"modified":"2022-09-20T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T06:00:00","slug":"how-to-fix-discovered-currently-not-indexed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewebtoolz.com\/blog\/how-to-fix-discovered-currently-not-indexed\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix &#8220;Discovered &#8211; currently not indexed&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>\u201cDiscovered &#8211; currently not indexed\u201d means Google knows about the URL but hasn\u2019t yet crawled or indexed it.<\/p>\n<p>Follow this five-step process to diagnose and fix the\u00a0issue.<\/p>\n<p>If you only see a few pages with the \u201cDiscovered &#8211; currently not indexed\u201d issue, try requesting indexing via Google Search Console (GSC). To do that, click \u201cURL inspection\u201d on the menu and enter the page\u2019s URL. If it\u2019s not currently indexed, hit the \u201cRequest indexing\u201d button.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-request-indexing-google-search-console.png\" alt=\"How to request indexing in Google Search Console\" class=\"wp-image-147015\" width=\"481\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-request-indexing-google-search-console.png 962w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-request-indexing-google-search-console-680x259.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-request-indexing-google-search-console-768x292.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-request-indexing-google-search-console.png\" alt=\"How to request indexing in Google Search Console\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-147015\" width=\"481\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-request-indexing-google-search-console.png 962w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-request-indexing-google-search-console-680x259.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-request-indexing-google-search-console-768x292.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>If all is good, you should see a message that the URL was added to the priority crawl\u00a0queue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-indexing-requested-search-console.png\" alt=\"&quot;Indexing requested&quot; notice in Google Search Console&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-147016\" width=\"445\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-indexing-requested-search-console.png 890w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-indexing-requested-search-console-680x341.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-indexing-requested-search-console-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-indexing-requested-search-console-400x200.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-indexing-requested-search-console.png\" alt=\"&quot;Indexing requested&quot; notice in Google Search Console&#10;\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-147016\" width=\"445\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-indexing-requested-search-console.png 890w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-indexing-requested-search-console-680x341.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-indexing-requested-search-console-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-indexing-requested-search-console-400x200.png 400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"sidenote\">\n<p>Sidenote.<\/p>\n<p> There is a limit on how many URLs you can submit. While this is not defined in the docs, you can typically submit 10\u201315 URLs\u00a0daily.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If this doesn\u2019t work, there\u2019s almost always an underlying issue you need to diagnose and fix before requesting indexing for a second time. So keep reading.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-nav-link clearfix\" id=\"section1\"><a class=\"subhead-anchor\" data-tip=\"tooltip__copielink\" rel=\"#section1\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 14\" style=\"\"><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M0 0h14v14H0z\"\/><path d=\"M7.45 9.887l-1.62 1.621c-.92.92-2.418.92-3.338 0a2.364 2.364 0 0 1 0-3.339l1.62-1.62-1.273-1.272-1.62 1.62a4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.885 5.884l1.62-1.62L7.45 9.886zM5.527 5.135L7.17 3.492c.92-.92 2.418-.92 3.339 0 .92.92.92 2.418 0 3.339L8.866 8.473l1.272 1.273 1.644-1.643A4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.897 2.22L4.254 3.863l1.272 1.272zm-.66 3.998a.749.749 0 0 1 0-1.06l2.208-2.206a.749.749 0 1 1 1.06 1.06L5.928 9.133a.75.75 0 0 1-1.061 0z\" style=\"\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2>2. Check for crawl budget issues<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/crawl-budget\/\">Crawl budget<\/a> is how fast and how many pages a search engine wants to crawl on your site. If your crawlable URLs exceed your crawl budget, you may see the \u201cDiscovered &#8211; currently not indexed\u201d warning.<\/p>\n<p>According to Google\u2019s Gary Illyes, <a href=\"https:\/\/search-off-the-record.libsyn.com\/should-i-worry-about-crawl-budget\">90% of sites don\u2019t need to worry about it<\/a>. However, although issues with crawl budgets tend to affect larger sites, specific technical setups, problems, and mistakes can lead to issues on smaller sites.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at a few things that can lead to crawl budget issues and how to improve them.<\/p>\n<h3>Do you serve content from subdomains?<\/h3>\n<p>Let\u2019s say your main website is on <em>example.com,<\/em> but you have assets on a subdomain such as <em>cdn.example.com<\/em>. In this case, the asset subdomain may be considered part of your main website and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/google-subdomains-crawl-budget-31186.html\">grouped together for the crawl budget<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Consider serving assets from a CDN URL with a separate crawl budget to solve\u00a0this.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Do you have unnecessary redirects?<\/h3>\n<p>Typically, when we decide to remove a page from the website, we add a <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/redirects-for-seo\/\">redirect<\/a> to another relevant page. However, this isn\u2019t always necessary. Unless the page has backlinks or traffic, it\u2019s better to remove or replace internal links to the deleted page and return a\u00a0404.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a flowchart explaining the process:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1960\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/3-how-to-fix-unnecessary-redirects.png\" alt=\"How to fix unnecessary redirects&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-147018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/3-how-to-fix-unnecessary-redirects.png 1800w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/3-how-to-fix-unnecessary-redirects-390x425.png 390w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/3-how-to-fix-unnecessary-redirects-768x836.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/3-how-to-fix-unnecessary-redirects-1411x1536.png 1411w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1960\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/3-how-to-fix-unnecessary-redirects.png\" alt=\"How to fix unnecessary redirects&#10;\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-147018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/3-how-to-fix-unnecessary-redirects.png 1800w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/3-how-to-fix-unnecessary-redirects-390x425.png 390w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/3-how-to-fix-unnecessary-redirects-768x836.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/3-how-to-fix-unnecessary-redirects-1411x1536.png 1411w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>You can find redirected URLs with internal and external links free of charge with an <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/webmaster-tools\">Ahrefs Webmaster Tools (AWT)<\/a> account. Here\u2019s the process:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Crawl your website with Ahrefs\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/site-audit\">Site Audit<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Go to the latest crawl<\/li>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Redirects<\/strong> report<\/li>\n<li>Click on the number of internal URL redirects<\/li>\n<li>Add columns for \u201cNo. of all inlinks\u201d and \u201cNo. of referring domains\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/4-301-redirect-links.png\" alt=\"Redirects with internal links and backlinks, via Ahrefs' Site Audit&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-147020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/4-301-redirect-links.png 1800w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/4-301-redirect-links-680x301.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/4-301-redirect-links-768x340.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/4-301-redirect-links-1536x681.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/4-301-redirect-links.png\" alt=\"Redirects with internal links and backlinks, via Ahrefs' Site Audit&#10;\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-147020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/4-301-redirect-links.png 1800w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/4-301-redirect-links-680x301.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/4-301-redirect-links-768x340.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/4-301-redirect-links-1536x681.png 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\"\/><\/figure>\n<h3>Do you have duplicate content?<\/h3>\n<p>Duplicate content is when you have near or exact copies of pages accessible at multiple URLs. Examples include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The same pages are accessible at www and non-www versions of your site, as well as HTTPS and\u00a0HTTP.<\/li>\n<li>Development or staging instances.<\/li>\n<li>Empty product or category pages with boilerplate content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The way you solve duplicate content issues depends on your circumstances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more:<\/strong><em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/duplicate-content\/\"><em>Duplicate Content: Why It Happens and How to Fix\u00a0It<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Have you used internal nofollow links?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/nofollow-links\/\">Nofollow links<\/a> won\u2019t prevent the page from being indexed. However, using them internally tells search engines a page is not important.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how to find pages with nofollowed internal links for free using <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/webmaster-tools\">AWT<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Crawl your site with <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/site-audit\">Site Audit<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Links<\/strong> report<\/li>\n<li>Click the \u201cIssues\u201d tab<\/li>\n<li>Look for the \u201c\u200b\u200bPage has nofollow incoming internal links only\u201d and \u201cPage has nofollow and dofollow incoming internal links\u201d warnings and notices<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5-nofollow-internal-links-site-audit.png\" alt=\"Finding nofollowed internal links with Ahrefs' Site Audit&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-147022\" width=\"544\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5-nofollow-internal-links-site-audit.png 1088w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5-nofollow-internal-links-site-audit-588x425.png 588w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5-nofollow-internal-links-site-audit-768x555.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5-nofollow-internal-links-site-audit.png\" alt=\"Finding nofollowed internal links with Ahrefs' Site Audit&#10;\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-147022\" width=\"544\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5-nofollow-internal-links-site-audit.png 1088w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5-nofollow-internal-links-site-audit-588x425.png 588w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5-nofollow-internal-links-site-audit-768x555.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>If the page is important, replace the nofollow links with followed ones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Do you have orphan pages?<\/h3>\n<p>If the only way to discover your new page is from the sitemap and it has no internal links, Google may consider it unimportant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll discuss this in more detail below when talking about internal linking.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-nav-link clearfix\" id=\"section1\"><a class=\"subhead-anchor\" data-tip=\"tooltip__copielink\" rel=\"#section1\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 14\" style=\"\"><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M0 0h14v14H0z\"\/><path d=\"M7.45 9.887l-1.62 1.621c-.92.92-2.418.92-3.338 0a2.364 2.364 0 0 1 0-3.339l1.62-1.62-1.273-1.272-1.62 1.62a4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.885 5.884l1.62-1.62L7.45 9.886zM5.527 5.135L7.17 3.492c.92-.92 2.418-.92 3.339 0 .92.92.92 2.418 0 3.339L8.866 8.473l1.272 1.273 1.644-1.643A4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.897 2.22L4.254 3.863l1.272 1.272zm-.66 3.998a.749.749 0 0 1 0-1.06l2.208-2.206a.749.749 0 1 1 1.06 1.06L5.928 9.133a.75.75 0 0 1-1.061 0z\" style=\"\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2>3. Check for content quality issues<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Google doesn\u2019t index everything it discovers. It <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnMu\/status\/1240620876845981698\">prioritizes high-quality, unique, and compelling content<\/a>. As Google hasn\u2019t yet crawled pages with this warning, it can\u2019t know whether the content is low quality or not. However, it may have an idea based on similar pages that it\u2019s already crawled\u2014which is why it may have \u201cdeprioritized\u201d crawling.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few types of content Google is unlikely to\u00a0index:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Machine-translated content<\/strong> \u2013 The translations will be far from perfect if you use Google\u2019s Translate API or similar to localize content. In which case, it\u2019s not particularly useful to searchers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spun content<\/strong> \u2013 This is where you use software to rewrite content. The result is almost always low-quality, plagiarized content.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI-generated content<\/strong> \u2013 AI writing tools are gaining popularity, but they rarely create useful content without human involvement.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thin content<\/strong> \u2013 These are pages without much unique content.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If any of these apply to your content, use the flowchart below to fix the\u00a0issue:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2853\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6-how-to-solve-content-quality-issues.png\" alt=\"How to solve content quality issues&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-147024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6-how-to-solve-content-quality-issues.png 1800w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6-how-to-solve-content-quality-issues-268x425.png 268w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6-how-to-solve-content-quality-issues-768x1217.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6-how-to-solve-content-quality-issues-969x1536.png 969w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6-how-to-solve-content-quality-issues-1292x2048.png 1292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2853\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6-how-to-solve-content-quality-issues.png\" alt=\"How to solve content quality issues&#10;\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-147024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6-how-to-solve-content-quality-issues.png 1800w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6-how-to-solve-content-quality-issues-268x425.png 268w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6-how-to-solve-content-quality-issues-768x1217.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6-how-to-solve-content-quality-issues-969x1536.png 969w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6-how-to-solve-content-quality-issues-1292x2048.png 1292w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>In short, if you have thin content, merge it with other thin content to create something useful or delete it. Otherwise, improve the content. If the resulting content isn\u2019t made for organic search, <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/seo\/glossary\/noindex-tag\">noindex<\/a> it so search engines can prioritize crawling more important pages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-nav-link clearfix\" id=\"section1\"><a class=\"subhead-anchor\" data-tip=\"tooltip__copielink\" rel=\"#section1\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 14\" style=\"\"><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M0 0h14v14H0z\"\/><path d=\"M7.45 9.887l-1.62 1.621c-.92.92-2.418.92-3.338 0a2.364 2.364 0 0 1 0-3.339l1.62-1.62-1.273-1.272-1.62 1.62a4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.885 5.884l1.62-1.62L7.45 9.886zM5.527 5.135L7.17 3.492c.92-.92 2.418-.92 3.339 0 .92.92.92 2.418 0 3.339L8.866 8.473l1.272 1.273 1.644-1.643A4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.897 2.22L4.254 3.863l1.272 1.272zm-.66 3.998a.749.749 0 0 1 0-1.06l2.208-2.206a.749.749 0 1 1 1.06 1.06L5.928 9.133a.75.75 0 0 1-1.061 0z\" style=\"\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2>4. Check that content is internally linked<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Internal links are links from one page on your website to another. Google often sees URLs without any or many internal links as unimportant and may not index them. You can check if a URL has internal links for free with <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/webmaster-tools\">AWT<\/a>. Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Crawl your site with <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/site-audit\">Site Audit<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Page Explorer <\/strong>tool<\/li>\n<li>Filter for \u201cAll pages\u201d under \u201cContent\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Add a column for the \u201cNo. of all inlinks\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1842\" height=\"1056\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/7-internal-links-site-audit.png\" alt=\"Finding the number of internal links to pages on a website, via Ahrefs' Site Audit&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-147026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/7-internal-links-site-audit.png 1842w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/7-internal-links-site-audit-680x390.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/7-internal-links-site-audit-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/7-internal-links-site-audit-1536x881.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1842px) 100vw, 1842px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1842\" height=\"1056\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/7-internal-links-site-audit.png\" alt=\"Finding the number of internal links to pages on a website, via Ahrefs' Site Audit&#10;\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-147026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/7-internal-links-site-audit.png 1842w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/7-internal-links-site-audit-680x390.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/7-internal-links-site-audit-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/7-internal-links-site-audit-1536x881.png 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1842px) 100vw, 1842px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>If you selected backlinks and\/or sitemaps as URL sources when setting up your project, you may also be able to find some orphan pages. Just go to the <strong>Links<\/strong> report, click the \u201cIssues\u201d tab, and look for the \u201cOrphan page (has no incoming internal links)\u201d error.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/8-orphan-pages-site-audit.png\" alt=\"Finding orphan pages with Ahrefs' Site Audit&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-147027\" width=\"342\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/8-orphan-pages-site-audit.png 684w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/8-orphan-pages-site-audit-519x425.png 519w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/8-orphan-pages-site-audit.png\" alt=\"Finding orphan pages with Ahrefs' Site Audit&#10;\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-147027\" width=\"342\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/8-orphan-pages-site-audit.png 684w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/8-orphan-pages-site-audit-519x425.png 519w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"recommendation\">\n<p>Recommendation<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommendation-content\"> Finding all the orphan pages on your website may not be possible with a crawling tool like <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/site-audit\">Site Audit<\/a>. This is because orphan pages have no internal links to crawl. You\u2019ll have to check server logs for a complete picture. Learn how in <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/orphan-pages\/\">our guide to finding orphan pages<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can also use Ahrefs to find internal linking opportunities between two existing pages. Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Internal link opportunities<\/strong> report in <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/site-audit\">Site Audit<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Enter a keyword related to the page you want to add internal links\u00a0to<\/li>\n<li>Choose \u201cKeyword\u201d as the search mode<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For example, let\u2019s say Ahrefs wrote a post about keyword research. Entering \u201ckeyword research\u201d finds pages on your site that mention that keyword and shows you the context. You can then add internal contextual links where relevant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1846\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9-internal-link-opportunities-site-audit.png\" alt=\"Finding internal linking opportunities using the Internal link opportunities report in Ahrefs' Site Audit\" class=\"wp-image-147029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9-internal-link-opportunities-site-audit.png 1846w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9-internal-link-opportunities-site-audit-680x234.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9-internal-link-opportunities-site-audit-768x265.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9-internal-link-opportunities-site-audit-1536x529.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1846px) 100vw, 1846px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1846\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9-internal-link-opportunities-site-audit.png\" alt=\"Finding internal linking opportunities using the Internal link opportunities report in Ahrefs' Site Audit\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-147029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9-internal-link-opportunities-site-audit.png 1846w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9-internal-link-opportunities-site-audit-680x234.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9-internal-link-opportunities-site-audit-768x265.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9-internal-link-opportunities-site-audit-1536x529.png 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1846px) 100vw, 1846px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Alternatively, you can search within the page text using <strong>Page Explorer<\/strong> to find potential pages to link from when you are publishing a new\u00a0page.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10-internal-link-opportunities-page-explorer.png\" alt=\"Searching for contextual internal link opportunities using the Page Explorer in Ahrefs' Site Audit&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-147030\" width=\"516\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10-internal-link-opportunities-page-explorer.png 1032w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10-internal-link-opportunities-page-explorer-621x425.png 621w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10-internal-link-opportunities-page-explorer-768x525.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10-internal-link-opportunities-page-explorer.png\" alt=\"Searching for contextual internal link opportunities using the Page Explorer in Ahrefs' Site Audit&#10;\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-147030\" width=\"516\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10-internal-link-opportunities-page-explorer.png 1032w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10-internal-link-opportunities-page-explorer-621x425.png 621w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10-internal-link-opportunities-page-explorer-768x525.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>However, none of these tactics can replace a good website structure with logical internal linking. That\u2019s something every site should prioritize. However, if you\u2019re facing issues, one way is to \u201chack\u201d your crawl depth and ensure all your internal pages are linked from an HTML sitemap.<\/p>\n<p>An HTML sitemap is an HTML page that gives users a better picture of your website structure and an easier way to navigate. Unlike XML sitemaps, which are made to be parsed by different systems, HTML sitemaps are made for users. While they\u2019re sometimes considered a thing of the past, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/html-sitemap-importance\/325405\/\">they are still relevant<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you have a big website, you may want to consider splitting it into a logical structure, as you don\u2019t want tens of thousands of URLs linked to from a single page. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/directory\/people\">Check out how LinkedIn does it for inspiration.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"recommendation\">\n<p>Recommendation<\/p>\n<p> Ensure you use proper &lt;a&gt; tags for the internal links instead of using JavaScript functions such as onClick() to lead the user to another page. If you\u2019re using Jamstack or a JS framework, check how it, or some of its libraries, handles internal links. They need to be rendered as &lt;a&gt;\u00a0tags.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Backlinks are one of the signals Google uses to decide whether a page is likely to be valuable and worthy of crawling. If your page has no or few high-quality backlinks, it may be one of the reasons Google has \u201cdeprioritized\u201d crawling.<\/p>\n<p>Getting more backlinks is probably the hardest of all the listed, but it does pay off. Even one valuable link can help Google discover your content and index it faster.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can see how many backlinks any page on your website has for free with <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/webmaster-tools\">AWT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to check a specific page, paste it into Ahrefs\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/site-explorer\">Site Explorer<\/a> and check the <strong>Overview<\/strong> report.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1532\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11-backlinks-site-explorer.png\" alt=\"Checking backlinks to a page in Ahrefs' Site Explorer&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-147032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11-backlinks-site-explorer.png 1532w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11-backlinks-site-explorer-680x297.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11-backlinks-site-explorer-768x336.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1532px) 100vw, 1532px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1532\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11-backlinks-site-explorer.png\" alt=\"Checking backlinks to a page in Ahrefs' Site Explorer&#10;\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-147032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11-backlinks-site-explorer.png 1532w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11-backlinks-site-explorer-680x297.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11-backlinks-site-explorer-768x336.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1532px) 100vw, 1532px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>If you want to see which pages do or don\u2019t have many backlinks, enter your domain into <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/site-explorer\">Site Explorer<\/a> and check the <strong>Best by links <\/strong>report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1742\" height=\"948\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/12-best-pages-by-links-ahrefs.png\" alt=\"Finding the most linked pages on a website using the Best by links report in Ahrefs' Site Explorer&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-147033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/12-best-pages-by-links-ahrefs.png 1742w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/12-best-pages-by-links-ahrefs-680x370.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/12-best-pages-by-links-ahrefs-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/12-best-pages-by-links-ahrefs-1536x836.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1742px) 100vw, 1742px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1742\" height=\"948\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/12-best-pages-by-links-ahrefs.png\" alt=\"Finding the most linked pages on a website using the Best by links report in Ahrefs' Site Explorer&#10;\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-147033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/12-best-pages-by-links-ahrefs.png 1742w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/12-best-pages-by-links-ahrefs-680x370.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/12-best-pages-by-links-ahrefs-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/12-best-pages-by-links-ahrefs-1536x836.png 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1742px) 100vw, 1742px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>If an important page has few or no backlinks, consider trying to build\u00a0more.<\/p>\n<h2>Keep learning<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/discovered-currently-not-indexed\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDiscovered &#8211; currently not indexed\u201d means Google knows about the URL but hasn\u2019t yet crawled or indexed it. 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