Indexability Checker
Can Google index this URL? One verdict
What Is the Indexability Checker?
The Indexability Checker answers one question: can Google index this URL? It requests the page directly, renders it the way Google does, reads robots.txt, and combines the status code, redirects, the robots meta tag, the X-Robots-Tag header and the canonical into one verdict, with the directive that decided it quoted back to you.
Key Features
Five Places a Page Can Say No
A page can be kept out of Google by its status code, a redirect, robots.txt, a robots meta tag, an X-Robots-Tag header or a canonical pointing elsewhere. The header is invisible in the page source and is often set by a CDN or server config nobody remembers. Checking them one by one takes time; this reads them all at once and tells you which one wins.
Blocked Is Not the Same as Noindex
robots.txt stops Google crawling a page; noindex stops it being indexed. They don't combine the way people expect: a page blocked in robots.txt can stay in search results without a snippet, because Google never gets to read its noindex. The verdict calls that case out when it happens.
Common Use Cases
- Finding out why a new page isn't showing in Google
- Checking a launch for leftover noindex tags
- Confirming staging or private pages are kept out
- Debugging a CDN or server that adds X-Robots-Tag
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Indexability Checker free?
Yes. It's free with a ProxyHorizon account, and every account gets 25 runs a day shared across all our data tools. You can read about the tool without signing in, but running it needs an account because each run fetches live data.
Does indexable mean the page is in Google?
No. It means nothing on your side is stopping it. Google still decides whether a page is worth indexing, based on quality, duplication and links.
Which crawler does it check robots.txt for?
Googlebot. The rule shown is the one Google's own matching would pick: the most specific user-agent group and the longest matching path.
Can JavaScript change whether a page is indexable?
Yes. A noindex added by a script counts once Google renders the page, and a noindex removed by a script may already have done its damage. The checker compares the raw HTML with the rendered page and flags both cases.
Do you store my results?
No. We log which tool you ran, what you entered and when, so we can apply the daily limit. Results aren't saved, so export them as CSV or JSON if you want to keep them.
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