Interesting Scenario in Google Indexing: How to Analyse and Understand as an SEO
Recently, we came across an interesting case in Google Indexing that highlights how small mistakes in Google Search Console can have a big impact on rankings and visibility. The Case: Page Missing from SERPs The page https://www.experience.com/reviews/joe-spisak-403982 was not showing up in Google Search Results (SERPs). When we inspected the URL in Google Search Console (GSC) , the tool clearly said: Crawled and Indexed – meaning Google had the page in its index. However, when we checked with the “site:” search operator ( site:experience.com/reviews/joe-spisak-403982 ), the page was not visible in the results. At the same time, repeated submissions for re-indexing were not helping. The Root Cause On deeper analysis, we discovered something unusual: The page was being crawled and indexed correctly. But it was not ranking or appearing in Google. Finally, we found the real issue — a removal request for this page had been mistakenly submitted in Google Sea...