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Fixing "Discovered - currently not indexed"
This status means Google has found your URL (through a sitemap or a link) but has not yet crawled it. The page is in Google's "to-do list," but the crawler has decided that visiting it isn't an immediate priority, often due to crawl budget constraints or server load concerns.
Discovered vs Crawled: The Difference
Unlike Crawled - currently not indexed, where Google has already looked at the page and rejected it, "Discovered" means Google hasn't even looked at the content yet. This is almost always a crawl budget issue.
Why Google is delaying the crawl
- Server Capacity: Googlebot may have detected that your server is slow or struggling, so it reduces the crawl rate to avoid crashing your site.
- Poor Content Hygiene: If your site has a high volume of low-quality, thin, or duplicate pages, Googlebot becomes less eager to discover more.
- Unimportant Sitemap: If the URL is only found in a sitemap but has no internal links, it receives the lowest possible crawl priority.
How to Accelerate Crawling
Improve Internal Linking
Link to the page from your home page or main navigation. High-link-equity pages are crawled first.
Check Server Response
Ensure your server response time (TTFB) is below 200ms and that you aren't hitting 5xx errors.
Prune Low-Value Content
Remove 'crawl waste'—pages that don't need to be indexed—to free up budget for your important pages.
Manually Inspect
Use the GSC URL Inspection tool and click 'Request Indexing' to bump the URL to the front of the queue.
Crawl Audit Tools
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