Start with the correct property and a clear URL list. An index status check answers a different question from a sitemap submission or a request to recrawl. These prompts ask for evidence first, then help you decide which issue to investigate on your own site.
Use index coverage audits, bulk inspection and the canonical URL definition to interpret your results.
Inspect important pages
Inspect this URL in my Search Console property. Show Google’s recorded index status, last crawl, canonical information and any rich result findings.
Returns recorded inspection details for one page you want to investigate.
Inspect these five recently published URLs. Separate indexed pages from unindexed pages and show the inspection evidence for each URL.
Returns a focused launch check without assuming publication means indexing.
For these duplicate URL variants, inspect canonical information and show where Google’s selected canonical differs from the declared canonical, if available.
Returns canonical evidence to compare with your intended representative page.
For this important page that lost clicks, inspect its index status first. Explain which findings need a separate technical or content review.
Returns a check for indexing evidence before you rewrite the page.
Plan a sitemap audit
Audit the URLs in my sitemap for Google index status. Show completed inspections, URLs still to check and any continuation offset.
Returns an indexing audit with progress you can track between batches.
Inspect this sitemap index in batches. Report which URLs Google has not indexed and keep unprocessed URLs separate from completed inspection results.
Returns results without treating unfinished work as confirmed indexing failures.
For the unindexed URLs in this batch, show last crawl and canonical details. Group them by the next investigation rather than guessing fixes.
Returns a review list organized around the available inspection evidence.
Before continuing this audit, explain the daily URL Inspection quota and tell me which remaining batch to inspect next without repeating completed URLs.
Returns a continuation plan around the 2,000-per-property daily inspection quota.
Review crawling and follow-up actions
List my Google sitemaps with reported submitted and indexed counts, errors and warnings. Identify which results need individual URL inspection.
Returns sitemap evidence while keeping submission status separate from page indexing.
For my connected Bing site, show crawl issues with the affected URLs, HTTP codes and issue types. Group similar failures for review.
Returns Bingbot problems that can guide a server or URL check.
Explain which connected engines can receive these changed URLs through mowteng, and which need a key file or verified site. Do not submit yet.
Returns prerequisites for a later submission decision, including IndexNow setup.
Summarize the indexing findings for this URL list. Separate intentional exclusions I identify from unexpected exclusions and list the evidence still missing.
Returns a practical follow-up list shaped by your indexing intentions.
Use the answers carefully
URL Inspection uses the property's quota of 2,000 inspections per day. Longer audits use paging. Inspection does not itself request indexing. Read the crawl request guide before submitting URLs; Google does not participate in IndexNow. Save your own audit notes if you need a lasting record.