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How to Use URL Inspection

Check exactly how Google sees one specific page on your site — whether it's indexed, crawlable, and mobile-friendly.

URL Inspection is the Search Console tool for zooming into a single page rather than your whole site — useful when one specific page isn't ranking or showing up the way you expect and you want a direct answer rather than digging through a sitewide report.

Steps

  1. Open Search Console and paste the exact URL you want to check into the inspection bar.
  2. Review the indexing status Google returns for that URL.
  3. Check the "coverage" details for the specific reason if it's not indexed.
  4. Use the live test option to see how Google's crawler currently renders the page, separate from what's already indexed.
  5. If you've just fixed something, request indexing so Google recrawls sooner rather than waiting for its normal schedule.

ask datanephew

Is this specific page indexed right now?

Ask datanephew to inspect that URL — it uses the same Search Console data Google's own tool does and can tell you the current status directly.

I just fixed a page — how do I get Google to notice quickly?

Ask datanephew to check the page's current status first, then request indexing for it — that's the fastest way to prompt a recrawl, though timing still isn't guaranteed.