SEO fix guide
Pages Discovered but Not Crawled
Google knows these pages exist but has not crawled them yet, often due to crawl budget limitations or low perceived priority.
Issue ID: CRAWL-GSC-DISCOVERED-NOT-CRAWLED-001
Severity: moderate
Impact: Med
Effort: M
Use this article when
- You need deeper remediation guidance than the issue card can show.
- You want CMS-specific steps before handing the fix to a developer.
- You want a repeatable re-check path after shipping the change.
What this issue is
Google knows these pages exist but has not crawled them yet, often due to crawl budget limitations or low perceived priority.
Why it matters
Google knows these pages exist but has not crawled them yet, often due to crawl budget limitations or low perceived priority. This affects how clearly search engines understand the page and how persuasive it looks in search results.
How we detect it
- FreeSiteAudit flags this issue when the rule for CRAWL-GSC-DISCOVERED-NOT-CRAWLED-001 fails and the page evidence points to Http headers.
- You can usually confirm this by checking the page source or the relevant page settings inside your CMS.
Evidence examples
Check the affected page source, rendered output, or relevant CMS setting to confirm the missing or incorrect element.
How to fix it
- 1Improve internal linking to affected pages
- 2Reduce crawl waste from parameter URLs or duplicate pages
- 3Request indexing in GSC for high-priority pages
How to re-check it
- Check GSC URL Inspection for crawl status improvement
Related tools
This issue is best verified with the full FreeSiteAudit crawl rather than a single-point mini tool.