The content created on the forum is created entirely by real users and is 100% original. In the Discourse admin panel, I see that the DAU/MAU ratio is 38%. So I have a very active forum. Does anyone have an idea what the decrease in indexed pages might be? I am using the latest version discourse (3.2.0.beta4-dev)
If you got down to the âPagesâ page, it should have a list of reasons for why pages arenât indexed. Some reasons (âPage with redirectâ, âExcluded by ânoindexâ tagâ, âAlternate page with proper canonical tagâ, etc.) arenât really worth worrying about. But âCrawled - currently not indexedâ and âDiscovered - currently not indexedâ can be scheduled for indexing. I think itâs just Google taking its time indexing stuff. âServer error (5xx)â and âNot found (404)â are usually the result of site downtime and those can be reindexed too.
From a return on investment standpoint, Iâm not sure how much is pays to request indexing. Probably doesnât hurt to do it if you are already looking at the reports. It just feels like pressing the âclose doorâ button in an elevator. Seems as likely as not to be an illusion of control
The exception, of course, is it the reasons for not indexing a page can be traced back to a problem on your site. In my experience, Google does a good job explaining the problem if it spots one.