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Is it possible to check which links of the sitemap I've submitted are being indexed, and which ones are not?

I've submitted my sitemap.xml without errors. When I check the sitemap in google search console, it says 174 links are sent, but only 120 are indexed.

So I'm looking for an option/tool that lets me check which links are indexed and which ones are not.

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Surely you can. make a Google query info:www.your-site.com/your-page.html - if the page URL is indexed, it will appear in index and you will see it, if not - not.

To get things done quick:

iMacro:

VERSION BUILD=8881205 RECORDER=FX
SET !TIMEOUT_STEP 0
SET !ERRORIGNORE YES
TAB T=1
SET !DATASOURCE sitemap.csv 
SET !DATASOURCE_COLUMNS 1
SET !LOOP 1
SET !DATASOURCE_LINE {{!LOOP}}
URL GOTO={{!COL1}}
TAG POS=1 TYPE=H3 ATTR=CLASS:"r" EXTRACT=HTM
SAVEAS TYPE=EXTRACT FOLDER=* FILE=indexed.csv
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  • That sounds very labor intensive to do for every URL in a sitemap.
    – Stephen Ostermiller ♦
    Commented Feb 12, 2016 at 18:09
  • @StephenOstermiller nothing complicated at all: create a list of query urls like https://www.google.com/search?q=info:http://www.example.com/page1.html and then let an iMacro run through the list and collect the output of the SERP page. Thing of 15 minutes.
    – Evgeniy
    Commented Feb 12, 2016 at 20:09
  • Using automated tools to perform searches is against the Google terms of service and will likely get your IP address put on the "captcha required" list.
    – Stephen Ostermiller ♦
    Commented Feb 12, 2016 at 20:11
  • making random time gaps between queries proven helps against this. i make at least 35 seconds between queries, or use VPN. if somebody doesn't want to violate against Google's ToS by his own, can pay money for a service, which breaks ToS and delivers data.
    – Evgeniy
    Commented Feb 12, 2016 at 20:13
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Nope, there's no way. However, the closest you'll get is selecting a long period of time in Analytics and then exporting all the pages that received organic search traffic.

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  • @TimothyVGoyvaerts I am on the fence whether this can be done reliably. There are two answers here and I am not sure which is correct. However, this answer may help to understand things a bit better and perhaps you can tell us. webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/72610/… Please do tell us what does work!!
    – closetnoc
    Commented Feb 12, 2016 at 17:43
  • This was flagged as "very low quality", presumably because it is very short and because the answer is a simple "not possible". This answer would be better with a reference or by explaining some very tedious ways to check every URL by hand, but I believe that this is the correct answer in this case, so I'm leaving it up.
    – Stephen Ostermiller ♦
    Commented Feb 12, 2016 at 18:09
  • @StephenOstermiller i suspect, it was flagged because of factual incorrectness
    – Evgeniy
    Commented Feb 12, 2016 at 20:01
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    factually incorrect answers should not be flagged. Comment on the incorrectness and possibly downvote.
    – Stephen Ostermiller ♦
    Commented Feb 12, 2016 at 20:06
  • well, tnx guys for downvoting. Now please explain to me how is this done. And i mean, in the way that I need 10minutes to finish that work. Not whole day. Please. Enlighten me.
    – Josip Ivic
    Commented Feb 15, 2016 at 13:01

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