Why Aren’t My Pages Getting Indexed?

This week’s question comes from Xaris, who asks:

“Why, even though I have correctly composed and linked the sitemap to a client’s website, and I have checked everything, am I having indexing problems with some articles, not all of them, even after repeated requests to Google and Google Search Console. What could be the problem? I can’t figure it out.”

This is far from a unique problem; we’ve all experienced it! “I’ve done everything I can think of, but Google still isn’t indexing my pages.”

Is It Definitely Not Indexed?

The very…