Check product pages for crawlability and indexability.
- Check product pages for crawlability and indexability2 cited sources1 category
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Why this matters
Ensures search engines can access and index product pages to benefit from SEO optimizations.
Hypothetical standard operating procedure
Adapt this example to your site, access, tools, and change process. It is our suggested procedure, informed by the sources below.
- Access product page source code or use SEO toolbar tools.
- Confirm absence of robots.txt restrictions or noindex meta tags.
- Verify product page has a self-referencing canonical tag.
- Check product page inclusion in XML sitemap files.
Watch for
Blocked or noindexed pages waste SEO efforts and receive no organic traffic.
Definition of done
Product pages have no robots.txt or noindex blocks and are included in sitemap.xml.
Sources & attribution
Original checklist wording and example SOP by Best SEO Checklist, using source-grounded AI assistance. Editorial contact: Ted Kubaitis, @tedkubaitis on Teams. Check current source guidance before implementation.