Indexing Audit

Audit the indexing status of the top pages on a site and produce a prioritized action list.

Steps

1. Call list_properties to confirm the exact site_url.
2. Call get_search_analytics with dimensions=page and row_limit=500 or the highest supported row limit.
3. Treat the returned rows as top Search Analytics rows, then sort the retrieved rows client-side by impressions descending.
4. Select the 20 most-visible pages from the client-side sorted rows.
5. Extract the list of page URLs from the selected results.
6. Call batch_url_inspection with up to 10 URLs at a time (API limit). Run twice if needed to cover all 20 pages.
7. Categorize each URL by verdict:

• ✅ Indexed (PASS)
• ⚠️ Soft 404 / Excluded
• ❌ Not indexed / Blocked
• 🔍 Canonical mismatch (Google chose a different canonical)

1. For each issue, provide the specific coverageState, pageFetchState, or robotsTxtState from the inspection.

Output format

Present as a prioritized action list:

1. Critical — Not indexed pages that have impressions (visibility being lost)
2. High — Canonical mismatches on high-traffic pages
3. Medium — Robots.txt or fetch blocks
4. Low — Soft exclusions on low-traffic pages

Include a summary table: page URL | verdict | issue | recommended action.

Note: Search Analytics does not guarantee a complete page export. This workflow audits the most visible pages available in the returned rows, while URL Inspection provides the official per-URL indexing status for the inspected URLs.