URL Inspection
Check if your pages are indexed by Google, 25 URLs at a time
Paste a list of URLs and Rankry asks Google’s URL Inspection API about each one through your connected Search Console property. See which pages are on Google, when they were last crawled and which canonical Google chose, without opening them one by one.
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URL Inspection
5 URLs- /blog/track-ugc-brand-dealsOn Google
- /pricingOn Google
- /compare/collabstrNot on Google
- /templates/ugc-rate-cardNot on Google
- /features/deal-pipelineOn Google
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In short
URL Inspection in Rankry is a bulk check of whether Google has indexed your pages. It sends up to 25 URLs at once to Google’s URL Inspection API through your read-only Search Console connection and shows, for each one, whether the URL is on Google, how Google discovered it, its last crawl, its canonical, and its mobile usability and rich results status. It reads Google’s data only and cannot request indexing.
Why it matters
Why does Google indexing matter for AI Overviews and AI Mode?
Google’s AI features are built on Google’s index. Google’s guidance for site owners says that to be eligible as a supporting link in AI Overviews or AI Mode, a page must be indexed and eligible to appear in Google Search with a snippet. A page that isn’t indexed can’t be one of the links those answers cite.
Indexing doesn’t guarantee a citation. Google still picks the pages that best answer the question. But it is the first gate, and it is one you can check in seconds. When Rankry shows a competitor cited for a prompt and your matching page never appears, confirming that Google has indexed it is the sensible first step.
The chat engines Rankry tracks, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok and Meta Muse, run their own web searches through whichever search provider each one uses, and Copilot searches with Bing. Google’s index isn’t the whole story for them. Still, a page Google can’t or won’t index often has a problem that trips up other crawlers too: a noindex rule, a blocked path in robots.txt, a canonical pointing somewhere else, or content too thin to be worth keeping.
How it works
How do I check if a page is indexed in Rankry?
URL Inspection is a tab of the Search Console integration, so connect Search Console first. After that, a check takes a few clicks.
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Connect Search Console
Sign in with Google once on the Search Console integration. Rankry uses read-only access to the property that matches your domain.
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Open URL Inspection
Choose the “URL Inspection” tab, next to Search Performance and Sitemaps.
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Paste up to 25 URLs
One per line. They need to belong to the connected property; to check another site, switch the property first.
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Read the verdicts
Each URL shows “URL is on Google” or “URL is not on Google”, with the crawl and indexing details underneath.
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Or start from a page row
On the Search Performance tab, every page row has an “Inspect this URL” shortcut, so you can check a page the moment its numbers look odd.
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Fix, then check again
Fix the cause on your site, request indexing in Google Search Console if you need to, and inspect the URL again once Google has recrawled it.
The fields
What does URL Inspection show for each page?
These are the details Rankry shows for every URL you inspect, what each one means, and the usual fix when it looks wrong.
| Field | What it tells you | If it looks wrong |
|---|---|---|
| URL is on Google / not on Google | Google’s verdict on whether the URL is indexed and can appear in search results | Read the fields below to find out why it isn’t |
| How discovered | How Google found the URL, for example through a sitemap or a link from another page | Add the page to your sitemap and link to it from pages Google already indexes |
| Last crawl | When Googlebot last fetched the page | An old date on a page you changed means Google hasn’t seen the update yet |
| Crawl and indexing allowed | Whether robots.txt lets Google fetch the page, and whether a noindex rule blocks indexing | Remove the robots.txt block or the noindex rule if the page should be found |
| User-declared vs Google-selected canonical | The canonical URL your page asks for, and the one Google actually chose | If they differ, Google treats another URL as the main version; check for duplicates |
| Mobile usability | Google’s mobile usability result for the page, when Google returns one | Fix layouts that break or overflow on small screens |
| Rich results | The rich results status Google reports for structured data on the page | Fix the structured data so it matches what the page shows |
Field names follow Rankry’s URL Inspection tab. Some fields come back empty when Google has no data for a URL.
Fixes
What should I do when a page is not on Google?
Most pages that drop out of Google’s index do so for one of a handful of reasons. Work through them in this order, then inspect the URL again after Google has had time to recrawl.
- Remove a noindex meta tag or X-Robots-Tag header the page shouldn’t have
- Unblock the path in robots.txt if Google isn’t allowed to crawl it
- Point the canonical tag at the page itself, unless another URL really is the main version
- Add the page to your XML sitemap and check that the Sitemaps tab shows it processed
- Link to it from pages Google already indexes, such as your blog index or navigation
- Fix redirects, 404s and server errors that stop Googlebot reaching it
- Make thin or near-duplicate pages clearly more useful than what already ranks
- Request indexing in Google Search Console, then inspect again in a few days
When to check
When should I run a bulk URL inspection?
A batch of 25 covers the pages that matter most for most sites. These are the moments it pays off.
After you publish
A new article written to win an open question should be indexed before you expect AI Overviews or AI Mode to cite it. Check it a few days after it goes live.
When a page never shows up in sources
If the Sources page shows competitors cited for a prompt and your matching page never appears, check that Google has indexed it before rewriting it.
After a migration or redesign
Changed URLs, templates or canonicals are the classic reason pages fall out of the index. Inspect your key pages right after launch.
When impressions drop
A page losing impressions in Search Performance may have been dropped or folded into another URL. The “Inspect this URL” shortcut checks it in one click.
Before a content refresh
Make sure the page Google has indexed is the one you plan to update, not a duplicate or an old version.
For your most important pages
Pricing, product, comparison and top guide pages are the ones AI answers are most likely to cite for buyer questions. Keep an eye on them.
What it can’t do
Can Rankry request indexing for my pages?
No. Rankry’s Search Console access is read-only, and URL Inspection reports Google’s data without changing anything. Rankry used to show a “Request Indexing” button, but Google doesn’t allow indexing requests through its API for ordinary pages, so it could never have worked and was removed.
To ask Google to crawl a page again, open the same URL in Google Search Console’s own URL Inspection tool and use “Request indexing” there. Google’s Indexing API covers only specific content types, such as job postings and livestream videos, so it isn’t a route for ordinary pages either.
Rankry also doesn’t inspect URLs on a schedule or in the background. Google limits how many inspections a property can run each day, so Rankry inspects only the URLs you paste, when you ask, which leaves the rest of that allowance for you.
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How many URLs can I inspect at once?
Up to 25 URLs per batch, one per line. Rankry sends them to Google’s URL Inspection API through your connected Search Console property and shows the result for each URL in the same view.
Does Rankry check indexing automatically?
No. Rankry inspects only the URLs you paste, when you ask. There are no scheduled or background inspections, which keeps Google’s daily inspection allowance for your property under your control.
Can Rankry request indexing?
No. Access is read-only, and Google doesn’t allow indexing requests through its API for ordinary pages. Use Rankry to find pages that aren’t on Google, fix the cause, and then use “Request indexing” in Google Search Console itself.
Which URLs can I inspect?
URLs that belong to the Search Console property connected to your project. A domain property covers every subdomain of the domain; a URL-prefix property covers only addresses that start with that prefix. To check another site, switch the property from the site row.
Is URL Inspection the same as a site: search on Google?
No. A site: search shows a rough sample of what Google returns and can miss indexed pages. URL Inspection asks Google directly about one specific URL and returns its verdict, crawl details and chosen canonical, which is far more reliable for checking a single page.
If a page is indexed, will AI Overviews cite it?
Not necessarily. Being indexed and eligible for a snippet makes a page eligible to appear as a link in AI Overviews and AI Mode, but Google still chooses which pages to cite. Track the question as a prompt in Rankry to see whether Google’s AI names you and which sources it cites.
Why did Google choose a different canonical?
Usually because Google found several pages with very similar content and picked one as the main version, or because signals such as internal links, redirects and sitemaps point to another URL. Make the canonical tag, internal links and sitemap agree on the URL you want.
Does “URL is on Google” mean the page ranks?
No. It means the page is in Google’s index and can appear in results. Where it appears, and for which searches, is a separate question. The Search Performance tab shows the queries a page earns impressions and clicks for.
Can my AI assistant inspect URLs?
Yes. Rankry Brain answers “Is my site indexed on Google?” from your Search Console data, and the Rankry MCP server has a get_gsc_index_status tool that inspects up to 25 URLs in one call from Claude Code, Cursor or another MCP client.
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