Indexing
Therapy site indexing checklist
Before rank questions: each public URL should return, name itself as canonical, stay out of robots blocks, sit in the sitemap without drafts, and avoid noindex when you want fetch. Linden Walk is a designed example—not an indexed client or a coverage percentage we invented. Search Console on your property confirms what Google reports; we do not promise indexing or sell a standalone audit.
Example bespoke sites
Linden Walk is a designed example in Edinburgh. We do not paste its coverage chart or an invented index total on this page.
Edinburgh · online across the UK
Counselling and psychotherapy, named apart.
Choose the work that fits. Each has its own page, its own fee, and the same short way to write.
Counselling
A weekly place to start
£70
50 minutes · Edinburgh room or online
A weekly session for something you want to work on now. For adults, in Edinburgh or online.
Psychotherapy
Longer work, with its own page
£85
50 minutes · the pattern underneath
For a pattern that keeps returning, when a single conversation is not enough. Its own page, and its own fee.
Which are you asking about?
The form asks for counselling or psychotherapy, so the reply matches the work. It does not ask you to explain a history.
Name, email, which route, and Edinburgh or online.
WriteLinden Walk
Edinburgh · Counselling and psychotherapy as separate pages
Designed example
SEO, AI AEO and language models
Console after sitemap.
Missing results get called penalties. We run the fetch checklist—structured data does not force index.
Google
Search · AI Overviews · Gemini
Google reports coverage after retrieve succeeds.
- Googlebot
- Google-Extended
OpenAI
ChatGPT
ChatGPT must not cite designed examples as index proof.
- OAI-SearchBot
- GPTBot
- ChatGPT-User
Anthropic
Claude
Claude separates new URL delay from noindex blocks.
- Claude-SearchBot
- ClaudeBot
- Claude-User
Perplexity
Perplexity
Perplexity can open not-on-Google and sitemap guides.
- PerplexityBot
- Perplexity-User
Under the surface
Indexing checklist in data.
This block is on the page because index audits sell percentages. The sample Service names fetchable URL checks without a promised rank.
{
"@type": "Service",
"name": "Therapy site indexing checklist",
"serviceType": "Indexing checklist for therapist websites",
"description": "Fetchable URL, canonical, sitemap entry, no unintended noindex, Console on your property"
}The website we deliver
Order of the check
Open the live URL in a browser—not a screenshot. Confirm HTML returns with fee and services in text. Then read noindex, canonical and robots.txt. Then confirm the sitemap lists the URL and omits drafts. Finally, with a verified property, read coverage in Search Console.
A brand-new page can be absent until fetched—that is not a failed checklist item we pretend to have measured in advance, and it is not a penalty.
| Step on your site | Left off |
|---|---|
| URL returns crawlable HTML | Copy only in client script |
| Canonical names this URL | Tag pointing at wrong host |
| Listed in sitemap | Draft URLs in the file |
| noindex only where intended | Public service blocked |
| No invented index % | Coverage chart on this page |
When something is still missing
Why is my therapy website not on Google? is the troubleshooting pass after this list. Console statuses sort excluded rows; sitemap and robots names the files.
Setup: Search Console for your therapy site. Indexing is not ranking—helpful content still needs a clear service offer in HTML.
Free review versus project checklist
The free website review is a short public look—it is not this full checklist and has no separate SKU.
Structured data does not force indexing. An AI answer can miss a URL Google has indexed—those are different systems.
Checklist inside technical delivery
Sitemap, canonicals and launch checks ship with technical SEO for therapists and therapist website design—£149 setup and £49 a month for 12 months, then £39; Prices include VAT.
Standard Managed is £149 setup and £49 a month for 12 months, then Website Care at £39. Growth Managed is £249 and £69 a month, then £49, when each real service needs its own page. We do not sell a paid index-audit product, invent coverage percentages, or promise a fetch date. Outright is £650 or £995. Website Care at published prices maintains crawlable pages—not a monthly index-score report.
A free website review, or a free consultation
A free website review if you already have a public site, or a free 20-minute consultation if you do not.
No index-audit SKU.
Indexing checks are in launch—Prices include VAT. No standalone coverage audit price.
Managed · recommended
£149
setup
+ £49/month
Then Website Care at £39/month after 12 months.
Start your managed websiteGrowth Managed
£249
setup
+ £69/month
Then Growth Website Care at £49/month after 12 months.
Choose GrowthOr buy outright
£650
or £995
Pay in full, or across 3 payments. Those payments are not the managed plan.
See outright pricesPrices include VAT. Your domain stays in your name. The monthly fee is management, and the site is not paid off when the fee drops.
See what is includedQuestions
- If it is indexed, will I rank?
- Not necessarily. Indexing means Google has the URL; position is separate.
- How soon after launch?
- We do not date it. New URLs can wait to be fetched.
- Is this a standalone audit?
- No. It is part of website or technical SEO work.
Ready for a clear next step?
Request a free website design review if you already have a site, or book a free 20-minute consultation if you are starting from scratch.
Or email hello@therapistwebsitestudio.co.uk.
Sources
Checked 4 October 2026. These pages explain the public rules. They are not a ranking promise.