Definition
URL Inspection is a Google Search Console tool that reports what Google knows about one URL on a property you own. It answers the question every site owner asks sooner or later: is this page in Google, and if not, why not?
What it reports
- Index status: whether the URL is on Google, or the reason it is not, such as a noindex rule or a page that was discovered but not indexed.
- Last crawl: when Googlebot last fetched the page.
- Canonical: the canonical you declared and the one Google actually picked. When they differ, Google chose another page as the main version. See canonical URL.
- Rich results: structured data Google found on the page and whether it is valid. See rich results.
The web interface also offers a live test, which fetches the current version of the page instead of the stored one, and a button to request indexing.
Where to see it
Paste a full URL into the search bar at the top of Search Console. The URL must belong to the property you have selected. Each property has a daily limit on inspections: 2,000 per property per day when you use them through mowteng. If you hit it, see URL Inspection quota reached.
Ask mowteng
The gsc_inspect_url tool returns the same index status, last crawl, canonical and rich results for one URL. To check a whole sitemap or a list, insights_index_audit inspects many URLs and reports the ones Google has not indexed. The index coverage audit and bulk URL inspection pages show how.
Inspect https://example.com/pricing and tell me whether Google has indexed it, when it was last crawled and which canonical Google picked.