What it is
Indexing is the process by which search engines add your pages to their database — the massive catalog they search through every time someone types a query. A page that isn't indexed doesn't exist in search results, period. Getting indexed is the prerequisite for everything else in SEO. You can't rank for something Google hasn't catalogued.
Why it matters
New pages, recently launched sites, and pages blocked by technical errors can all fail to get indexed. When a page isn't indexed, all the SEO work you've done on it — the great content, the keyword optimization, the backlinks — returns nothing. Indexing is the gate your content has to pass through before it can compete.
The mistake most people make
Assuming that if a page exists on the web, Google has found and indexed it. Publishing content doesn't guarantee indexing. Technical issues, thin content, or robots.txt rules can all prevent indexing — and you won't know unless you're checking Google Search Console regularly.
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