Blogger Not Indexing in Google? 12 Fixes That Actually Matter

Is Blogger not indexing in Google? Discover 12 practical fixes for robots.txt, sitemap, Search Console, duplicate URLs, and content quality.

Highlights

Check whether Google has actually indexed your Blogger homepage and posts using Google Search Console.
Fix accidental noindex directives and incorrect robots.txt settings before changing anything else.
Submit your Blogger sitemap and use URL Inspection to request indexing for important pages.
Improve internal links, original content, and page quality to help Google discover and evaluate your posts.
Understand the difference between crawling, indexing, and ranking so you can choose the right fix.
Avoid repeatedly submitting the same URLs or changing settings without identifying the underlying problem.

Why is Google not indexing your Blogger posts?

Before trying to fix anything, understand what indexing means.

Google generally discovers a URL, crawls its content, evaluates whether it should be indexed, and may then display it in relevant search results. These steps do not always happen immediately, and a page can be crawled without being indexed.

Imagine you have started a Blogger website about digital marketing. You publish ten helpful articles, but after several days, only your homepage appears on Google.

You might assume that Google has a problem with Blogger. In reality, the cause could be much simpler: Google has not discovered some posts, a setting is blocking indexing, or Google has decided that certain pages do not currently offer enough distinct value to include in its index.

The solution depends on which situation applies to your blog.

12 fixes for Blogger not indexing in Google

1. Check whether your Blogger posts are actually indexed

Start with a simple test instead of changing your blog settings immediately.

Open Google and search for:

site:yourblog.blogspot.com

Replace yourblog.blogspot.com with your actual blog address.

For a custom domain, try:

site:yourdomain.com

You can also search for a particular article using its full URL or a distinctive phrase from its title.

For example, if your article is about Blogger indexing problems, search for its exact URL or a phrase such as:

site:yourdomain.com “Blogger not indexing in Google”

These searches can help you identify pages that appear in Google’s results, but they are not a complete or definitive indexing report. For a more reliable diagnosis, use Google Search Console’s URL Inspection tool.

What to do next:

If your homepage is indexed but new posts are not, investigate the individual posts.
If neither your homepage nor your posts appear, check site verification, indexing restrictions, and discovery.
If your pages are indexed but do not rank for their target keywords, focus on search intent, content quality, and competition rather than indexing alone.

Do not panic if a newly published post does not appear immediately. Indexing can take time, and a request to Google does not guarantee inclusion.

2. Connect your Blogger website to Google Search Console

Google Search Console helps you understand how Google discovers, crawls, and indexes your website.

If you have not set it up, it should be one of your first priorities.

Google Search Console

Official free tool for checking indexing status, inspecting URLs, and monitoring search performance.

Open Google Search Console

How to set it up:

Open Google Search Console and sign in with your Google account.
Add your Blogger website as a property.
Choose a verification method supported for your property type. Blogger users can often verify a site through the appropriate Google account or supported HTML verification method.
Complete verification and open the property.
Inspect your homepage and one or two recently published posts.

For a custom domain, make sure you select the correct property and URL version. A property for https://example.com is not the same as an incorrectly configured property for a different hostname or protocol.

Example: If your blog uses https://www.example.com, check that the URLs you inspect match the URLs Blogger actually publishes and redirects to.

Verification does not automatically index every article. It gives you the tools to find out what is happening.

3. Check Blogger’s search engine visibility and robots settings

One incorrect setting can prevent an otherwise useful article from appearing in Google.

In Blogger, open:

Settings → Crawlers and indexing

The exact labels or arrangement may vary with the interface.

Blogger provides controls for custom robots.txt and custom robots header tags. These options are useful when you need special crawling or indexing rules, but incorrect configurations can cause problems.

Check the following:

Custom robots.txt: If enabled, review the rules carefully.
Custom robots header tags: Check whether important posts or pages are accidentally marked noindex.
Post-specific settings: Open the editor settings for a post and check its custom robots tags, if available.

If you have never intentionally customized these settings, consider returning them to Blogger’s defaults rather than copying a robots configuration from an unfamiliar tutorial.

Do not blindly enable every option.

What does noindex mean?

A noindex directive tells compliant search engines not to include that page in their search results.

For example, if an important article has a noindex directive, Google may crawl it but will not index it while that directive applies.

Check the URL Inspection report to see whether Google reports that indexing is allowed. If the report identifies a noindex restriction, remove the unintended restriction and allow Google to recrawl the page.

Important: Do not use noindex on your homepage or valuable articles that you want people to find through Google.

Check your robots.txt file

The robots.txt file provides crawling instructions to search engine crawlers.

Your Blogger blog normally provides a robots.txt file automatically. You can inspect it by opening:

https://yourblog.blogspot.com/robots.txt

For a custom domain, use your actual domain’s hostname.

Look for rules that might prevent Googlebot from crawling important content.

For example, this rule blocks crawling of the specified path:

User-agent: Googlebot

Disallow: /2026/

If your valuable posts use URLs under /2026/, this rule could prevent Googlebot from crawling them.

This is an illustrative example, not a recommended Blogger configuration.

A rule such as Disallow: /search may be intentional because Blogger search and label pages often have limited standalone value. The important point is to avoid blocking actual posts and pages you want indexed.

How to check:

Open your robots.txt file in a browser.
Review any custom rules you added.
Inspect an affected URL in Search Console.
Check the report’s crawling status and test the live URL after correcting a restriction.

Robots.txt and noindex are different. Robots.txt controls crawling; noindex controls indexing. Blocking a URL in robots.txt can prevent Google from seeing a noindex directive on that page, so the two mechanisms should not be treated as interchangeable.

If you are unsure about a custom robots.txt configuration, restore the default Blogger behavior rather than experimenting with multiple rules at once.

5. Submit your Blogger sitemap to Google Search Console

A sitemap helps Google discover URLs on your website. It does not force Google to index them.

Blogger generally generates a sitemap automatically. For many Blogger blogs, the standard sitemap address is:

https://yourblog.blogspot.com/sitemap.xml

For a custom domain, try:

https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml

Open the URL in a browser to see whether it returns a valid sitemap. The exact sitemap format and available endpoints can vary, so use the endpoint provided by your blog and verify it rather than assuming every possible sitemap URL exists.

How to submit it:

Open Google Search Console.
Select the correct website property.
Open Sitemaps.
Enter the sitemap path, such as sitemap.xml, if that is the valid endpoint for your site.
Submit it.
Review the reported status and any errors.

If you use a custom sitemap or additional sitemap endpoints, confirm that they are valid and accessible before submitting them.

Common mistake: Submitting a sitemap and assuming all its URLs will immediately be indexed.

A successful sitemap submission means Google has received information about the sitemap. Google still decides which URLs to crawl and index.

If your sitemap is unavailable or returns an error, fix that issue first. Repeatedly submitting the same broken sitemap will not solve the underlying problem.

6. Use URL Inspection to request indexing

After correcting any technical issues, inspect your most important pages individually.

In Google Search Console:

Select your Blogger property.
Paste the complete post URL into the URL Inspection search bar.
Review the current indexing status.
Select Test Live URL to check the current page.
If the page is accessible and eligible for indexing, select Request indexing.

Google may add the URL to its crawling queue. This is a request, not a guarantee, and processing time varies. Search Console also limits how many individual indexing requests you can submit.

Prioritize:

Your homepage.
Important new articles.
Updated evergreen guides.
Valuable posts that Google has not yet indexed.

Avoid submitting every URL repeatedly after each minor edit. Fix the cause first, then request indexing when appropriate.

Improve thin, duplicate, or unhelpful content

This is one of the most important fixes when Search Console shows that Google has crawled a page but has not indexed it.

Suppose you publish three posts:

Best SEO Tools for Beginners
Top SEO Tools for Beginners
Best SEO Tools for New Bloggers

If all three contain almost the same list, similar explanations, and little unique information, they may provide limited additional value.

The solution is not to add more keywords. It is to make each page useful for a distinct purpose.

For example:

One article could compare SEO tools by features and cost.
Another could explain how beginners can use a specific tool.
A third could provide a practical workflow for managing a new blog.

Before publishing, ask yourself:

Does this article answer a clear question?
Does it provide useful examples, instructions, or original analysis?
Is it substantially different from my existing posts?
Can readers accomplish something after reading it?
Does the title accurately describe the content?

Avoid publishing large numbers of near-identical articles simply to target slightly different keyword variations.

Google’s indexing systems do not promise to include every page. Duplicate content and insufficient page quality can affect whether a URL is selected for indexing.

Practical tip: If two articles serve the same purpose, consider combining them into one stronger guide and redirecting the retired URL when an appropriate replacement exists and your platform supports the redirect.

8. Add internal links to new Blogger posts

A post can be technically accessible but difficult for Google to discover if no other page on your website links to it.

Imagine publishing a detailed article about Google Search Console. If the post is not linked from your homepage, relevant articles, or other navigational pages, discovery may be less straightforward.

Internal links help readers navigate your website and give crawlers additional paths to find content. Google also recommends making important pages accessible through crawlable links.

How to improve internal linking:

Open an older, relevant article.
Find a paragraph that naturally relates to your new post.
Add a descriptive link to the new article.
Link back to related guides when it genuinely helps readers.
Check that important articles can be reached through your blog’s navigation or other relevant pages.

For example, in a post about SEO basics, you might write:

“Once your article is published, learn how to use Google Search Console to check whether Google has indexed it.”

Link that sentence to your detailed Search Console guide.

Use meaningful anchor text rather than repeating generic phrases such as “click here” everywhere.

You do not need dozens of links to every article. A few relevant, useful internal links are better than a large collection of unrelated links.

9. Fix incorrect canonical URLs and duplicate URL versions

A canonical URL indicates which version of a page should be treated as the preferred version when similar or duplicate URLs exist.

This can matter when your blog uses a custom domain, has redirects, or exposes multiple URL variants.

For example, these URLs may not all represent separate pages:

https://example.com/my-post.html
https://www.example.com/my-post.html
http://example.com/my-post.html

Depending on the site’s configuration, some versions may redirect to one preferred URL.

What to do:

Inspect the affected URL in Search Console.
Review the Google-selected canonical when that information is available.
Compare it with the URL you intended Google to index.
Check whether Blogger or your domain settings redirect alternate versions correctly.
Correct any custom template or canonical configuration that points to the wrong page.

Do not change canonical tags without understanding the reason for the existing configuration. Blogger may already handle canonicalization for you.

Also, do not assume that every URL shown as a duplicate in Search Console represents a problem. Google generally does not need to index every duplicate version of the same page.

10. Check for broken links, redirects, and unavailable pages

Google cannot index a normal article if the URL consistently returns an error or redirects somewhere unexpected.

Check the affected post directly in your browser. Then use URL Inspection to examine Google’s view of the URL.

Look for problems such as:

A 404 error indicating that the page cannot be found.
A redirect pointing to an unrelated article.
A post URL that changed after publication.
A deleted article that is still linked from other posts.
A custom domain that is not resolving correctly.

If you intentionally deleted a post, it does not need to be indexed. Remove unnecessary internal links to it.

If you moved an article to a new URL, use a permanent redirect when an appropriate replacement exists and the platform supports it. Update internal links to point directly to the new destination.

For example, if an older article at /old-seo-guide.html has been replaced by a substantially equivalent guide at /seo-guide.html, redirecting the old URL to the new one may help users and crawlers reach the replacement.

Do not redirect every deleted URL to the homepage. An unrelated redirect can confuse users and does not necessarily preserve the original page’s search value.

11. Improve mobile usability and page experience

Google primarily uses the mobile version of a website’s content for indexing. Therefore, a Blogger theme should present your important content clearly on mobile devices.

Review your blog on a smartphone or using your browser’s mobile preview.

Check whether:

Article text is readable without excessive zooming.
The main content is visible and not hidden behind intrusive elements.
Navigation works properly.
Important images load correctly.
The theme does not obscure the article with excessive pop-ups.
The page remains usable on slower connections.

Large images, unnecessary scripts, and excessive third-party widgets can make a blog slower and less pleasant to use. Compress images, remove unused widgets, and avoid unnecessary theme modifications.

However, remember that mobile usability and page speed are not automatic indexing switches. A slow page may still be indexed, while a fast page may remain unindexed for content or technical reasons.

Treat performance as part of a broader site-quality improvement plan, not as a guaranteed indexing fix.

12. Build topical depth and maintain a consistent publishing strategy

If your Blogger website is new, Google may have limited information about its pages and structure.

Instead of publishing dozens of unrelated articles, develop a useful collection of posts around your core subject.

For example, a digital marketing blog might organize its content into these related topics:

SEO fundamentals.
Google Search Console tutorials.
Keyword research.
Technical SEO.
Content optimization.
Blogging and indexing guides.

Create comprehensive articles for the main topics and connect them to relevant supporting posts.

A consistent publishing schedule can help you manage quality, but publishing every day is not a requirement for indexing.

Likewise, buying backlinks or submitting your blog to hundreds of random directories is not a dependable solution to indexing problems. Concentrate first on technical accessibility, useful content, and clear internal navigation.

If your site has a manual action or a security issue, check the relevant reports in Search Console and follow the instructions provided there. A URL’s successful live test does not rule out every issue that might prevent it from appearing in search results.

The objective is to build a site that deserves to be crawled and indexed, rather than to repeatedly ask Google to process pages that still have unresolved problems.

How to diagnose Blogger indexing problems in Google Search Console

If you have tried the 12 fixes above, use the status shown in Search Console to decide what to do next.

Search Console status	What it usually means	Recommended action
URL is unknown to Google	Google may not have discovered the URL	Add internal links, check the sitemap, and request indexing
Discovered – currently not indexed	Google knows the URL but has not indexed it yet	Check internal links, content value, and whether the URL is worth indexing
Crawled – currently not indexed	Google crawled the page but has not included it in the index	Review content originality, duplication, and overall usefulness
Excluded by noindex	An indexing restriction was detected	Remove the unintended noindex directive
Blocked by robots.txt	A robots.txt rule prevents crawling	Review and correct the relevant rule
Duplicate, Google chose different canonical	Google selected another URL as the preferred version	Inspect the canonical URL and check for duplicate versions
Page with redirect	The inspected URL redirects elsewhere	Inspect the destination URL and confirm the redirect is correct
Not found (404)	The URL returns a not-found response	Restore the page, redirect to a suitable replacement, or leave it removed if appropriate

These are general interpretations. Read the full details in your own report because the exact cause and available remedies depend on the URL and Google’s findings.

Blogger indexing checklist

Use this checklist to review your blog before making further changes.

Indexing audit

Confirm the homepage and affected posts’ indexing status
Verify the correct website property in Search Console
Review custom robots.txt rules
Check custom robots header tags and post-level noindex settings
Open the sitemap and submit the valid endpoint
Inspect an affected URL and run Test Live URL
Check for duplicate content and canonical URL problems
Add relevant internal links to important posts
Fix broken URLs and incorrect redirects
Improve thin articles and mobile usability
Reset checklist

Key takeaways

Diagnose before changing settings: Use Google Search Console to identify the actual reason a page is not indexed.
Check robots.txt and noindex: Incorrect restrictions can prevent important Blogger posts from being crawled or indexed.
Submit your sitemap: It helps Google discover your URLs but does not guarantee indexing.
Make content genuinely useful: Original information, clear answers, and meaningful examples can improve a page’s value to readers.
Strengthen internal linking: Connect new articles to relevant, accessible pages on your blog.
Allow time for processing: Indexing is not instantaneous, and repeated requests do not guarantee inclusion.
Monitor important URLs: Focus on valuable articles rather than expecting every archive, label, or duplicate URL to be indexed.

Frequently asked questions

1. Why is Google not indexing my Blogger posts?

Common reasons include a new or undiscovered URL, a noindex directive, robots.txt restrictions, duplicate content, weak internal linking, or content that Google has not selected for indexing. Inspect the affected URL in Google Search Console to find the most relevant explanation.

2. How do I get my Blogger posts indexed quickly?

Make sure the post is publicly accessible, remove unintended indexing restrictions, add relevant internal links, and submit a valid sitemap. Then use URL Inspection to request indexing for important posts. Google determines when and whether to index them, so there is no guaranteed timeline.

3. Is a sitemap enough to index Blogger posts?

No. A sitemap helps Google discover URLs, but it does not guarantee that every URL will be crawled or indexed. Google also evaluates accessibility, duplication, and whether a page is suitable for inclusion in its index.

4. Should I enable custom robots.txt and custom robots header tags in Blogger?

Only when you understand the rules you need. If you do not require custom crawling or indexing behavior, Blogger’s default settings are generally the safer starting point. Incorrect custom rules can prevent important pages from being crawled or indexed.

5. How long does Google take to index a Blogger post?

There is no fixed timeframe. Depending on discovery, crawling, and indexing decisions, a post may be indexed relatively quickly or remain unindexed for much longer. Google Search Console can help you monitor its status, but a request to index a URL does not guarantee that Google will include it.

Conclusion

When Blogger is not indexing in Google, the best solution is to identify the actual problem instead of making random changes to your blog.

Start by checking the affected URLs in Google Search Console. Review robots.txt and noindex settings, confirm that your sitemap works, and make sure Google can reach your important posts. Next, improve internal links, resolve duplicate URL issues, and strengthen articles that provide little original value.

You do not need to apply all 12 fixes to every blog. If your posts are blocked by a technical restriction, fix that restriction first. If Google can crawl them but does not index them, investigate content quality, duplication, and discoverability.

The goal is not simply to get Google to crawl more URLs. It is to make your important pages accessible, discoverable, and useful enough to merit inclusion in Google Search.