IndexabilityWhat it means for you.

Whether a crawled page is allowed and able to be stored in a search engine's index.

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What it means

Indexability is the second gate after crawling. A page can be fetched but still kept out of the index by a noindex directive, a canonical pointing elsewhere, or a judgment that it adds little.

Only indexed pages can appear in results.

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What is Indexability?

Whether a crawled page is allowed and able to be stored in a search engine's index.

Where does it sit in Growth Score?

It belongs to the Acquisition pillar, one of the 12 pillars your score is built from.

What should I read next?

Start with Crawlability and Noindex, then browse the other terms in Acquisition.

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