Gary's responses provide some possible reasons why a webpage may be crawled but not indexed by Google:
- If the content on the page is very similar to what’s already available on other sites, Google may avoid indexing it to prevent duplication.
- If the same content can be found on another website that is more credible or popular, Google may choose to index that site instead.
- Poor overall quality of the website, such as being slow, difficult to navigate, or filled with low-value content, may lead Google to decide not to index certain pages.
- Technical issues in the website’s code or the use of tags that prevent Google from indexing the page can also prevent it from being included in the index.
Google might crawl a webpage but not index it if the content is considered too similar to other existing content, or if there’s a more credible or popular website with the same content. A website’s overall quality, such as slow loading times, poor navigation, or low-value content, could also contribute to a page not being indexed. Technical issues in the website’s code or the use of tags that prevent indexing could also be a factor.