Google index checker

Enter a URL or a domain. We run a live site: search on Google and check the page for anything that blocks indexing. A site: search is an estimate, so we also point you to Search Console for the final answer.

Runs a live Google search through DataForSEO. Each IP address gets 5 lookups per 10 minutes, counted across our tools that use paid search data. We keep each result for 24 hours.

Short answer: enter a URL to see whether Google returns it for a site: search, or a domain to see roughly how many pages Google reports for it. A URL Google returns is very likely indexed. One it doesn’t return may not be, or may be indexed and simply not shown. Google’s own documentation says the site: operator “doesn’t necessarily return all the URLs that are indexed”. For the final answer on one URL, use Search Console’s URL Inspection tool.

What we run

A live Google search for site:yourdomain.com/your-page, through DataForSEO’s SERP API: Google US, English, desktop, the first ten results. We keep the result for 24 hours.
The page checks from the noindex checker, run on your URL (or on the homepage, for a domain): status, noindex rules, robots.txt and canonical.

We read the two together. A page Google lists that now has a noindex should drop out at its next crawl. A page Google doesn’t list and that has no block is usually waiting in a queue.

Reading the result

Google lists this URL. A good sign. We show the title and snippet Google uses.
Google didn’t return this URL. Usually means it isn’t indexed. Look at the page checks, then confirm in Search Console.
Can’t tell. For a hub page such as /glossary, site: returns ten of the many pages under it, and the hub may not be among them. On 7 October 2026 a site:launchranked.com/glossary search reported about 112 results and showed ten glossary entries. The glossary index page itself wasn’t among them, though Google lists it in the domain-level search.
A domain count is an estimate. For launchranked.com that day it was about 651; Search Console’s Page indexing report, with data to 4 October, showed 659 indexed. Close, but never a promise.

If the page isn’t indexed

Fix any block the page checks found. If there is none, Search Console says why. “Discovered – currently not indexed” means Google knows the URL and hasn’t crawled it: what to do. “Crawled – currently not indexed” means Google crawled the page but didn’t index it: what to do. A sitemap that lists the URL helps Google find it.

Limits

Results are for Google in the US, in English; counts and results vary by location and from one day to the next. We fetch the page as LaunchRankedBot, not Googlebot, and read the HTML without running JavaScript. A new lookup costs us money, which is why each IP address gets 5 per 10 minutes.

Questions

Is a site: search a reliable way to check indexing?

It's a good first look, not proof. Google's documentation says the site: operator doesn't necessarily return all the URLs that are indexed, and that bigger sites shouldn't expect to see all their URLs. A URL that appears is very likely indexed. One that doesn't may still be.

Why doesn't the count match Search Console?

They measure different things. The site: count is Google's rough estimate of results for one search, and it can change between searches. Search Console's Page indexing report counts the URLs in Google's index for your verified site. On 7 October 2026 a site: search for launchranked.com reported about 651 results, and the Page indexing report, with data to 4 October, showed 659 indexed pages.

How do I check one URL for certain?

Use the URL Inspection tool in Search Console: paste the URL into the search bar at the top. It answers "URL is on Google" (sometimes "but has issues") or "URL is not on Google", and shows the most recently indexed version of the page, not a live fetch. The site has to be verified in your Search Console account.

My page isn't indexed. What now?

Read the page checks first: noindex, a robots.txt block, an error status or a canonical elsewhere. If none applies, the usual cause is that Google hasn't crawled the URL yet, or crawled it without indexing it. Search Console shows which, and the two guides linked above explain what to do.

Why can a check take a while?

We run a live Google search through a data provider, and those can take a minute or more. We keep each result for 24 hours, so checking the same URL again is instant and costs us nothing, though it still counts toward the limit. A new lookup costs us money, so each IP address gets 5 per 10 minutes, counted across our tools that use paid search data.

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