Who does Google index only certain pages on a new site?

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I have had a new site up for going on 3 months now and only 4 of my 7 pages have been indexed. The three which haven't been indexed I have repeatedly requested indexing over all this time and they show show no error at all when I test "live url". Any ideas why this might happen please?

Those 3 pages ares setup the same as the others with internal and external links.
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  • Profile picture of the author dave_hermansen
    Are you sure they are not indexed? Or, are they just not showing up in the search results anywhere?
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  • Profile picture of the author mikehende
    Not showing using site:xyz.com on google and "URL is not on google" in GSC.
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  • Profile picture of the author DamienL
    Did you test with the "site:" and "inurl:" command ?

    Google is having indexing problem right now so if you are sure your content is high quality you can use the Google indexing api (search on google).
    Google says its only for Jobs listing and streaming but i've used it for many websites and it indexed every pages.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikehende
    Thank you very much, I will look into the indexing api method and get back to you.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikehende
    The google API helps only with crawling far as I am understanding so still not the answer for indexing?

    Also, I am seeing it makes a difference if there is a space between the colon and url eg. Site: xyz.com and Site:xyz.com

    is this accurate that I am supposed to leave a space between the colon and url please?
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  • Profile picture of the author DamienL
    The Google Api helps with indexing, i had a website blocked at 6 urls and now it indexed 30 pages out of 30.

    And it already ranks so i guess it help.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikehende
    Ok to confirm please. In URL Inspection, I am seeing my 2 blog pages which was published 2-3 weeks ago now showing "Crawled successfully on Jan 4, 2022, 8:49:38" which was 4 minutes ago.

    Does that mean that after all this time these blogs was crawled only 4 minutes ago or is there any tool I can try which will show how many times those 2 blogs might have been crawled?

    Also, once you see a page has been crawled should you still use the API to speed things up or leave alone?
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  • Profile picture of the author mikehende
    I am seeing the instructions but I am confused with carrying out its instructions, can anyone here help with this please? I tried searching youtube for instructional help but not seeing any videos specifically for this without using Rank Math.
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  • Profile picture of the author IM2Pat
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    Hope this helps! https://support.google.com/webmaster.../9012289?hl=en

    URL Inspection Tool
    About the URL Inspection tool
    The URL Inspection tool provides information about Google's indexed version of a specific page. Information includes AMP errors, structured data errors, and indexing issues.

    Common tasks:

    See the current index status of a URL: Retrieve information about Google's indexed version of your page. See why Google could or couldn't index your page.
    Inspect a live URL: Test whether a page on your site is able to be indexed.
    Request indexing for a URL: You can request that an URL be crawled (or recrawled) by Google.
    View a rendered version of the page: See a screenshot of how Googlebot sees the page.
    View loaded resources, JavaScript output, and other information: See a list of resources, page code, and more information by clicking View crawled page (indexed result) or View tested page (live test).
    Troubleshoot a missing page: There can be many reasons why a page hasn't been indexed. URL Inspection can help troubleshoot some of them.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikehende
    Thanks but those instructions seems to be for the normal way via URL Inspection, not for using the API.
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  • Profile picture of the author harshuj
    Try mass ping tools to easily index your website pages.
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    • Profile picture of the author mikehende
      Originally Posted by harshuj View Post

      Try mass ping tools to easily index your website pages.
      Thanks but when I go to their site, all I am seeing are blank pages and only this page with nothing to open?

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  • Profile picture of the author SEOsNoob
    I had around 600+ URLs not indexed in google and I hired an SEO guy. He instantly indexed them all in just 1hr without using my google console account.

    Can anyone know how is it possible?

    I just want to know that tool or method?
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