There are a few potential reasons why your Squarespace site may not be appearing on Google. It’s important to remember that Google takes some time to index new websites, so if your site is brand new, it may just not have been discovered yet. Here are a few other potential reasons:
1. Your site isn’t connected to Google Search Console
If you want your site to appear in Google search results, you need to connect it to Google Search Console.
This is a free tool that allows you to submit your sitemap (a file that tells Google which pages on your site to index) and track your site’s progress in the search results. You can read more about how to do this here.
2. Your site isn’t being indexed by Google
If you’ve connected your site to Search Console and submitted your sitemap, but your site still isn’t appearing in the search results, it’s possible that Google is having trouble indexing your site. This could be for a number of reasons, but the most common one is that your site has been marked as “noindex.”
This means that Google has been explicitly instructed not to index your site. You can check for this using the “Fetch as Google” tool in Search Console – if you see a message that says “noindex” next to your URL, then that’s the problem. You can read more about how to fix it here.
3. Your site isn’t well optimized for search
Even if your site is connected to Search Console and being indexed by Google, it still might not be appearing in the search results because it’s not well optimized for search.
This means that it doesn’t contain the right keywords and phrases that people are searching for, or that it’s not structured in a way that makes it easy for Google to understand what it’s about. You can read more about how to optimize your Squarespace site for search here.
4. You have too many 404 errors
If you have too many 404 errors on your site (meaning that there are too many broken links), this can hurt your chances of appearing in the search results.
Not only does it make it difficult for Google to index your pages, but it also sends a signal that your site isn’t well maintained. You can check for 404 errors using the “Crawl” tool in Search Console – if you see any pages with error codes next to them, then those are the ones you need to fix.
5. You have duplicate content
If there is more than one version of a page on your website (for example, if you have both www and non-www versions of the same page), this can confuse Google and make it difficult for them to decide which one should appear in the search results.
This is called “duplicate content,” and you can read more about how to fix it here.
Conclusion:
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