# Google not indexing my pages

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-not-indexing-my-pages/310402
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** seo
**Created:** [June 3, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-not-indexing-my-pages/310402 "2024-06-03T19:30:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![lucy.sierracircuits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lucy.sierracircuits/32/324439_2.png) [@lucy.sierracircuits](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lucy.sierracircuits)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-not-indexing-my-pages/310402/1 "2024-06-03T19:30:44Z")

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Hello everyone,

I don’t understand why Google isn’t indexing the vast majority of my forum pages. I’ve seen a few posts here about the same issue but no resolutions.

The Search Console tells me it’s due to “Excluded by ‘noindex’ tag” even though I’ve allowed the indexing.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/e/1/6e1add7bc31582bb0d4fcd6436471dcce0999a19.png)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/5/c/b5c0c923f5b73c9b9ad15a6d12bf5af1d422b4fd.png)

Am I missing something?

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### Author: ![eisammy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eisammy/32/528804_2.png) [@eisammy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisammy)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-not-indexing-my-pages/310402/2 "2024-06-04T00:49:03Z")

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Same here but… read this and don’t worry because this wasn’t a discourse trouble I guess.

> **[Secrets from the Algorithm: Google Search’s Internal Engineering...](https://ipullrank.com/google-algo-leak)**
>
> Learn what you always wish you knew about Google's algorithms.

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### Author: ![lucy.sierracircuits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lucy.sierracircuits/32/324439_2.png) [@lucy.sierracircuits](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lucy.sierracircuits)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-not-indexing-my-pages/310402/3 "2024-06-04T02:06:29Z")

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So what was the issue for you if it wasn’t Discourse?

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### Author: ![Architect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/architect/32/520575_2.png) [@Architect](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Architect)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-not-indexing-my-pages/310402/4 "2024-06-04T02:57:42Z")

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Is this only google that isn’t indexing your pages or any other search engines?

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### Author: ![lucy.sierracircuits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lucy.sierracircuits/32/324439_2.png) [@lucy.sierracircuits](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lucy.sierracircuits)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-not-indexing-my-pages/310402/5 "2024-06-04T03:01:42Z")

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All search engines, not just Google.

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### Author: ![xuhdev](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/xuhdev/32/382503_2.png) [@xuhdev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xuhdev)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-not-indexing-my-pages/310402/6 "2024-06-04T04:27:21Z")

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Have you checked the `robots.txt` file sitting at the root of your forum URL?

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### Author: ![eisammy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eisammy/32/528804_2.png) [@eisammy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisammy)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-not-indexing-my-pages/310402/7 "2024-06-04T15:06:47Z")

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I see. so maybe to be your robots.txt or something like that.