Why we built it
One update can tell Google to stop showing a page, and nothing on the site looks wrong. The first sign is often a drop in visitors, long after the update went out. We look after websites every day, so we built the check we wanted after each release.
What we built
- A check after every updateIt looks at the most important pages, one page of each template, and new pages in the sitemap.
- The problems that cost visitorsA page that suddenly tells Google not to index it, a page that now tells Google its main version is elsewhere, or a homepage that stops loading.
- More than 200 fixed rulesThe same site gets the same answer every time, and each result says which rule it came from.
- Alerts in plain wordsMarketing staff can be invited to the alerts and a weekly digest, with nothing to install.
- Fixes confirmed on the live siteAfter a fix goes out, the affected pages are checked again and the problem is marked verified, partly verified or still there.
- A free check with no accountThe site whynotindexed.com shows why a page isn’t on Google, with twelve guides to what Search Console’s messages mean.
How we run it
We host, update and support SEO Uptime the same way we look after client systems, with online sign-up and payments, and the same backups and monitoring.
What it means for clients
For sites we look after, we can add the same check, so a change that would hide a page from Google is caught soon after the update.
