Purpose
What this guide helps you check.
This check looks for pages that should be indexable, pages that should stay private, and signals that confuse search engines.
Review checklist
Work through each signal.
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Confirm robots.txt does not block public pages.
- 02
Verify sitemap.xml includes the important URLs.
- 03
Check canonical URLs for duplicates or mistakes.
- 04
Keep private account and admin paths out of the sitemap.
Verification workflow
Close the loop with evidence.
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01
Run the measurement
Test the public page and save the report before making changes.
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02
Review the evidence
Confirm the finding against the visible page, HTML, crawl, or browser result.
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03
Apply the repair
Update the page without adding claims, schema, or keywords that the page cannot support.
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04
Measure again
Retest the same URL and compare both score coverage and the underlying finding.