URL Inspection: How Google Sees a Single URL
URL Inspection shows how Google sees one specific URL: its indexing status, last crawl date, canonical choice, and rendered content.
URL Inspection is a tool that shows how Google views one URL.
What It Is
URL Inspection is a Search Console tool that reports how Google views a single URL.
It shows indexing status, last crawl, canonical selection, and any issues.
What It Shows
- Whether Google indexed the URL and why or why not.
- The last crawl date and whether rendering succeeded.
- The canonical URL Google selected.
- Any structured data or AMP issues.
Why It Matters
- It diagnoses why a specific page is not ranking or indexed.
- It can request indexing for a URL after you fix it.
- It shows what Google actually rendered, not just the HTML.
How to Use
- Paste any URL to see its status instantly.
- Use Test Live URL to check the current page before changes are indexed.
- Request indexing after publishing or fixing a page.
- Check that the served canonical matches what you expect.
Before: a new page is not appearing in search after a week.
After: URL Inspection shows a blocked resource prevented indexing.
The result: the resource is fixed and the page is requested for indexing.
The lesson: see the page the way Google does.
Quick Tip
Use Test Live URL before requesting indexing to avoid wasting a request on a page with a problem.
Frequently Asked Questions
URL Inspection, in Short
See the page through Googles eyes.
Diagnose, fix, then request indexing.