Search visibility evidence
Keep important pages discoverable after site changes.
Check sitemap, noindex, canonical and discovery signals before changing WordPress SEO settings or assuming a missing page is a ranking problem.
Example: sample evidence format
Search Visibility Evidence
Sitemap
Priority page absent
Needs review
Indexability
Noindex directive present
Confirmed
Canonical
Points to another URL
Check intent
Discovery
No strong internal route found
Improve path
Example: sample evidence format
Search Visibility Evidence
Sitemap
Priority page absent
Needs review
Indexability
Noindex directive present
Confirmed
Canonical
Points to another URL
Check intent
Discovery
No strong internal route found
Improve path
What the free check covers
Technical signals, not ranking promises.
The check helps separate public technical problems from ordinary crawl timing, content quality and ranking expectations.
Indexability
Noindex, robots and response signals on important public pages.
Sitemap coverage
Whether priority pages appear in the expected sitemap path.
Canonical targets
Whether a page points to itself or another preferred URL.
Discovery paths
Internal links and public routes that help search engines find a page.
Decision path
Scan first. Review before broad changes.
Keep the first step small. Escalate only when the evidence is unclear, recurring or commercially important.
Step 01
Run the public check
Collect sitemap, noindex, canonical and discovery signals without changing the site.
Step 02
Prioritise important pages
Separate commercially important pages from intentional exclusions and ordinary ranking expectations.
Step 03
Review before broad changes
Use human review when the source is unclear, recurring or affects revenue-critical content.
When human review helps
Important pages need more than a scanner result.
Site Rescue Review can compare affected URLs, plugins, templates and recent changes, then provide a prioritised fix path. Implementation remains separate.
Request Site Rescue ReviewClear limits
- Search engines decide whether and where pages appear.
- Public signals do not prove the cause of every indexing decision.
- No live templates, plugins or SEO settings are changed automatically.
- Search Console or private access requires explicit approval.
FAQ
Plain answers before you change anything.
Is this a managed SEO retainer?
No. The public starting point is a focused diagnostic path. Ongoing monitoring or implementation is scoped separately only after the affected pages and evidence are clear.
Does the scanner guarantee indexing or rankings?
No. It checks public technical signals that may affect discovery and indexability. Search engines decide whether and where a page appears.
Does it need private customer data?
No. The free check uses public page and sitemap signals. Search Console or private access is discussed separately only when it is genuinely needed.
When should I request Site Rescue Review?
Use human review when important pages are affected, the source is unclear, or a template, plugin, migration or deployment may have changed multiple URLs.
Check the public signals first.
Run the free visibility check, then use the related guides to understand noindex, sitemap and canonical findings.