Implementation-first service

Crawled currently not indexed: find whether the issue is technical, quality, or crawl-priority related

For sites where Google has crawled the URL but is not keeping it indexed, especially after migrations, sitemap cleanup, template changes, duplicate URL cleanup, or archive/product/category expansion.

Sprint shape

Clear scope before implementation, one controlled sprint, and written verification at the end.

The first pass is meant to move the actual problem, not generate vague theory or generic audits without implementation.

Typical issues

  • Thin or duplicate pages.
  • Weak internal links.
  • Canonical conflicts.
  • Sitemap noise.
  • Low-value archive or tag pages.
  • Template duplication.
  • Rendering issues.
  • Crawl budget noise.
  • Wrong page type being submitted.

Sharper symptoms

Start with the exact failure if it already has a name.

These narrower pages map the same service lane to a more specific failure path, input set, and first-sprint shape.

Send the issue

Common causes

This state can be technical, quality-related, or crawl-priority related. The first job is to separate pages that send mixed technical signals from pages that are technically fine but too weak, duplicated, isolated, or low-priority to keep in the index.

Manual indexing requests rarely solve it if the template group, sitemap set, canonical output, or internal-link path still tells Google the page is not worth keeping.

What I check first

  • A sample of affected URLs and healthy comparison URLs.
  • Live crawl status, sitemap inclusion, canonical target, robots output, and internal links.
  • Whether issues group by template, page type, sitemap section, or migration delta.
  • Whether duplicate, archive, tag, filter, parameter, or weak pages are diluting priority.

What the first sprint includes

  • Sample affected URLs and compare crawl, sitemap, canonical, internal links, and GSC state.
  • Group issues by template or URL type so the fix does not become one-off guessing.
  • Recommend or implement the first cleanup path where scope and access are clear.
  • Verify live output and hand off a recrawl and GSC monitoring plan.

What I need from you

Send the affected URLs, CMS or stack, the coverage state in Search Console, the sitemap URL, what changed recently, and whether implementation access is available.

Best-case context is one healthy comparison URL, one failing URL, and the launch, migration, or template change that likely introduced the conflict.

What you get

A bounded first sprint that samples affected URLs, compares crawl, sitemap, canonical, internal link, and GSC state, groups issues by template, recommends or implements the first cleanup path, and hands off a recrawl and monitoring plan.

Best fit

Sites where the problem is concentrated in one page type, section, template set, or post-migration URL group and the first sprint can stay tightly scoped.

Price expectation

The first step should feel like a fixed sprint, not a vague audit.

Most work starts as a fixed first sprint after the issue is reviewed.

  • Small diagnostics usually start around $350.
  • Focused technical SEO, tracking, indexing, or speed sprints commonly land between $650 and $1,500+.
  • Larger implementation or recovery work is scoped separately once the first failure path is clear.
  • If you need a $99 SEO audit, this is not the right fit.
  • If something technical is suppressing indexing, speed, crawl, tracking, or rollout recovery, send the URL, what changed, and the exact symptom.

Related notes

Read the symptom-led notes that support this lane.

These notes show the failure paths, checks, and verification logic that usually sit behind the sprint.

Read all notes

Start with the issue

Have the symptom and the context?

Send the URL, what changed, and where the break shows up. If the issue is sharp enough, the first reply should turn into a bounded sprint instead of a broad package.