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Blogger Posts Stopped Appearing on Google? Here's What to Check
Key Takeaway: If your Blogger posts suddenly stop appearing on Google, first determine whether the problem is indexing, crawling, ranking or a technical issue. Recent 2026 Blogger reports show that Search Console can also display “Redirect error” even when a Blogger post works normally and the Live URL Test succeeds, so changing your redirects or robots.txt without checking the actual status can make the situation worse.
First, Find Out If Your Posts Are Actually Deindexed
There is an important difference between not ranking and not being indexed.
If your article is indexed but has dropped from position 3 to position 50, you have a ranking problem.
If Google has removed the article from its index completely, changing the article's title or adding more keywords will not solve the immediate problem.
Start with Google Search Console.
Open URL Inspection and paste the URL of one affected Blogger post.
Look at the result Google gives you.
| URL is on Google | The page is indexed. If you cannot find it for a keyword, investigate ranking or search-query relevance. |
| Discovered - currently not indexed | Google knows about the URL but has not crawled or indexed it yet. |
| Crawled - currently not indexed | Google has crawled the page but has not included it in the index. |
| Redirect error | Google encountered a redirect-related issue while processing the URL. On Blogger, this status requires additional investigation because Blogger uses built-in redirects. |
| Blocked by robots.txt | Google cannot crawl the URL because of a robots.txt rule. |
| Excluded by noindex | A noindex directive is preventing the page from being indexed. |
This one check can save you from changing half of your Blogger setup without knowing what is actually wrong.
Check Whether the Problem Affects New Posts or Your Whole Blog
Before making any changes, compare three articles.
Choose:
- One older post that still appears on Google
- One recently published post that does not appear
- One older post that used to appear but has now disappeared
Inspect all three URLs in Search Console.
This comparison is extremely useful.
If only new posts are affected, the problem may be related to discovery, crawling, indexing or how Google is evaluating newer content.
If hundreds of previously indexed pages disappeared at the same time, investigate site-wide technical changes instead.
A June 2026 Google Search Central discussion described a Blogger site with around 60 posts where Search Console showed zero indexed pages and Redirect Error, despite the publisher reporting that the sitemap and other technical checks appeared healthy.
Blogger Redirect Error Is More Complicated Than It Looks
This is one of the most important things Blogger publishers should know in 2026.
You may open your article normally and see:
- The page loads correctly
- The images appear
- The article is accessible
- The sitemap works
- Robots.txt works
- Live URL Test says the page can be indexed
But Search Console may still show:
Redirect error
This does not automatically mean that you created a broken redirect.
Recent Google Search Central discussions specifically show Blogger publishers experiencing this combination. One August 2026 report had all Blogger posts marked with Redirect Error while Live Test reported that the URLs were available to Google, with no robots.txt or noindex problem. A Product Expert explained that Blogger's mobile URLs using ?m=1 can contribute to this situation.
What Is the ?m=1 Problem?
Blogger can generate a mobile version of a post using the ?m=1 parameter.
For example:
https://example.com/2026/09/example-post.html?m=1
Recent Blogger indexing reports show Googlebot encountering redirects involving this mobile URL.
In one July 2026 case, a Blogger publisher reported that normal URLs produced a redirect chain involving ?m=1, while the mobile URL behaved differently. The Google Search Central response explained that the redirect is built into Blogger and is not something the publisher can simply remove.
That means you should not assume:
Redirect Error = your Blogger redirect is broken.
Sometimes the situation is more complicated.
Check Live URL Test — But Don't Misread It
After inspecting the URL, run the Live URL Test in Search Console.
If it says the URL is available to Google, that is useful information.
But there is another important detail.
The Live Test checks how the URL behaves now. The Page Indexing report can reflect an earlier crawl.
That means you can have a situation where:
| Previous Google crawl | Google encountered a redirect problem. |
| Current Live Test | The page works and can be indexed. |
| Search Console report | The older Redirect Error is still displayed. |
A Google Search Central response in August 2026 specifically pointed out that the Live Test and Page Indexing report use different data, so a successful Live Test does not necessarily erase a previous crawl problem immediately.
Check If Your Post Is “Crawled - Currently Not Indexed”
This is another common situation that can look like a Blogger failure.
Google has visited the page, but the page is not currently included in the index.
That means the problem is different from a page that Google has never discovered.
If you see this status, check:
- Whether the article is substantially useful
- Whether another page on your site covers almost exactly the same topic
- Whether the canonical URL is correct
- Whether the article has internal links
- Whether the article is easy to discover from other pages
- Whether the site has a large number of very similar pages
Do not automatically delete the article.
Do not automatically change the URL.
And don't keep requesting indexing every few hours.
The status means Google has already processed the page to some degree. You need to understand why it has not selected the page for indexing rather than simply submitting the same URL repeatedly.
Check Your Blogger Search Engine Visibility Setting
Open Blogger settings and make sure your blog is still configured to be visible to search engines.
This is particularly important if you recently changed settings, moved domains or modified your Blogger configuration.
An accidental visibility change can affect your entire site rather than just one post.
If only a few new articles are missing while hundreds of older posts remain indexed, however, a site-wide visibility setting is less likely to explain the whole problem.
Check Robots.txt Before You Touch It
Custom robots.txt is another place where a small change can have a large effect.
Check whether your robots.txt is accidentally blocking:
- Post URLs
- Important directories
- Resources required to render pages
- Search-engine crawlers
If you recently changed robots.txt, compare the current version with the previous version.
Do not copy a complicated robots.txt file from another website simply because it claims to be “SEO optimized.”
Your Blogger configuration needs to match your own site.
Check for a Noindex Tag
A noindex directive tells search engines not to include a page in their index.
If your affected Blogger post has a noindex directive, that is a much more direct explanation for why it disappeared from Google.
Check the URL Inspection report and the page's indexing information before making changes.
This is especially important if you recently changed:
- Blogger custom robots header tags
- Theme HTML
- SEO settings
- Template code
- Post settings
One accidental configuration change can affect many pages.
Check the Canonical URL
Your Blogger post should have a clear canonical URL pointing to the version you want Google to index.
Don't panic if Search Console shows alternate URLs involving Blogger's mobile system or other platform-generated URLs.
The important question is whether Google understands which URL represents the main page.
If you recently changed your domain, permalink or URL structure, however, canonical problems become much more important.
Did You Recently Change Your Blogger Domain?
If your posts stopped appearing shortly after moving from one domain to another, investigate the domain configuration before changing your content.
Check:
- HTTPS availability
- WWW and non-WWW behavior
- Canonical URLs
- Redirects
- Sitemap URLs
- Search Console property configuration
A domain migration changes the URLs Google has to process.
If only your new domain is affected, that gives you a very different troubleshooting path from a Blogger site where the same domain has been stable for years.
Check Your Sitemap — But Don't Expect It to Force Indexing
Your sitemap should be accessible and submitted to Google Search Console.
But a sitemap does not guarantee that every URL inside it will be indexed.
Think of a sitemap as a way of telling Google:
“These are the URLs I want you to know about.”
It is not:
“Google must index every URL listed here.”
If your sitemap is working but individual posts remain unindexed, don't immediately replace the sitemap.
Inspect the individual URLs first.
Check Your Internal Links
If a new article is only present in your sitemap but almost nowhere else on the site, give Google more ways to discover it.
Link to important new articles from relevant older articles.
For example, if you have an article about Google traffic dropping and another about Blogger indexing problems, those pages can naturally reference each other when the information overlaps.
Panstag already has a related guide covering sudden traffic drops, including situations involving deindexing, noindex tags, robots.txt and URL changes:
Your Blog Traffic Dropped Overnight: Why It Happens and What to Check
Use that article when the issue is not simply “a new post isn't indexed” but a broader loss of Google traffic.
Could Your Post Actually Be Indexed but Not Ranking?
Yes.
This is one of the easiest mistakes to make.
Suppose your article is indexed but you search:
how to fix blogger indexing
and don't see it.
That does not prove the page is missing from Google.
It may simply rank too far down for that search.
Use URL Inspection first.
If Search Console says the URL is on Google, your immediate problem is not indexing.
It is visibility or ranking.
That distinction matters because the solutions are completely different.
Check Whether the Problem Started After a Theme Change
Did you recently install a new Blogger theme?
Did you modify the HTML?
Did you add custom SEO code?
Did you change robots meta tags?
Did you add scripts to the header?
If the answer is yes, compare the timing.
A sudden indexing problem immediately after a technical change deserves a technical investigation.
Don't assume that because the website looks normal to you, the HTML sent to search engines is also normal.
Check Third-Party Scripts and Ad Code
This is easy to overlook on Blogger sites.
If your posts started disappearing after installing a new advertising script, popup, redirect script or third-party widget, test whether the new code is involved.
Pay particular attention to scripts that can:
- Redirect visitors
- Open additional pages
- Detect user agents
- Change the destination URL
- Load external content dynamically
Don't Delete Your Posts Just Because They Disappeared
This is one of the worst first reactions.
If a post has disappeared from Google, deleting it and publishing a completely new version can create another URL and another indexing problem.
First find out why the original URL isn't appearing.
If the article is technically accessible and Search Console says it is not indexed, improve or troubleshoot that URL before creating unnecessary replacements.
Don't Keep Changing Robots.txt, Canonical and Redirects at the Same Time
Another common mistake is changing five things simultaneously.
You change robots.txt.
Then the canonical.
Then the theme.
Then custom redirects.
Then the sitemap.
Now you have no idea which change helped or created a new problem.
Make one meaningful change at a time and monitor the affected URL.
This is especially important with Blogger because some redirect behavior is controlled by the platform itself.
A Simple Blogger Indexing Diagnosis
If you want the shortest possible troubleshooting process, use this order:
| Step 1 | Choose one Blogger post that disappeared from Google. |
| Step 2 | Inspect the exact URL in Google Search Console. |
| Step 3 | Check whether the URL is on Google. |
| Step 4 | Run the Live URL Test. |
| Step 5 | Check robots.txt and noindex information. |
| Step 6 | Check the canonical URL. |
| Step 7 | Check the sitemap. |
| Step 8 | If you see Redirect Error, investigate Blogger's ?m=1 behavior before changing redirects. |
| Step 9 | Compare the affected post with an older indexed post. |
| Step 10 | Only then make technical or content changes. |
What If Every New Blogger Post Is Affected?
If one post isn't indexed, don't assume the whole blog has a problem.
But if every new post has stopped appearing while older posts remain indexed, the pattern is worth investigating.
Look for a change that happened around the same time:
- Theme update
- Robots.txt modification
- Custom robots header change
- Domain change
- HTTPS change
- New redirect
- New advertising script
- Large change in publishing strategy
Then inspect several new URLs instead of repeatedly requesting indexing for one article.
What If Google Shows Redirect Error for Every Post?
This is where Blogger users need to be particularly careful.
Recent 2026 Google Search Central discussions show multiple Blogger sites reporting exactly this pattern.
In one July case, a publisher reported 43 Redirect Errors even though posts opened normally, the sitemap and robots.txt were valid, and Live URL Test said the URL was available. The Google Search Central response explained that the redirect involved in the crawl was built into Blogger and was not something the publisher could simply remove.
Another July report described Blogger properties remaining stuck in Redirect Error for months, with the response again stating that the redirect was part of Blogger's core platform and Googlebot could retry the URLs later.
So if you see this exact combination, don't start adding custom redirects to fight Blogger's own redirects.
First determine whether the affected pages are genuinely inaccessible or whether Search Console is reporting a previous crawl problem.
FAQ
1. Why did my Blogger posts suddenly stop appearing on Google?
Possible causes include indexing changes, robots.txt or noindex settings, canonical problems, crawling issues, URL changes, redirects or Blogger-specific Search Console behavior. Start by inspecting an affected URL in Search Console.
2. Why is my Blogger post working but not showing on Google?
A page can work normally in a browser without being indexed. Check URL Inspection to determine whether Google has actually included the URL in its index.
3. Why does Blogger show Redirect Error when Live Test works?
Recent 2026 Google Search Central reports show this happening with Blogger. Built-in Blogger mobile URL behavior involving ?m=1 can be part of the situation, and the Page Indexing report can reflect a previous crawl while Live Test checks the URL as it works now.
4. Should I remove ?m=1 from Blogger URLs?
Don't try to remove or fight Blogger's built-in mobile URL behavior simply because you see ?m=1 in Search Console. Recent Google Search Central responses describe this redirect behavior as part of Blogger itself.
5. Does submitting a Blogger sitemap guarantee indexing?
No. A sitemap helps Google discover URLs, but it does not guarantee that every URL will be indexed.
6. Should I request indexing repeatedly?
No. Request indexing can be useful after a meaningful change, but repeatedly submitting the same URL does not guarantee indexing and does not fix underlying technical or content issues.
7. Should I delete a Blogger post that disappeared from Google?
Not before determining why it disappeared. Inspect the URL first. Deleting and republishing can create a new URL without solving the underlying problem.
Key Takeaway
If your Blogger posts stopped appearing on Google, don't immediately assume Blogger has stopped working.
First determine what happened to the URLs.
If Search Console says URL is on Google, you're probably dealing with visibility or ranking.
If it says Crawled - currently not indexed, investigate the page's indexing signals and content.
If it says Blocked by robots.txt or Excluded by noindex, investigate those settings.
If it says Redirect error while the post works normally and Live Test succeeds, investigate Blogger's built-in redirect behavior before making changes.
The current 2026 evidence is particularly important here because multiple Blogger publishers have reported the same Redirect Error + successful Live Test combination.
Bottom Line
A Blogger post disappearing from Google doesn't automatically mean your article is bad, your domain is broken or your entire site has been penalized.
Start with one URL.
Inspect it in Search Console.
Check the indexing status, Live Test, robots.txt, noindex, canonical and redirects. Then compare the result with an older post that is still indexed.
That comparison usually gives you a much clearer picture of whether you're dealing with an indexing problem, a ranking problem or a Blogger-specific technical status.
And if you're seeing Redirect Error across Blogger posts while the pages work normally, don't rush to rewrite your redirects. Recent Google Search Central discussions show that Blogger's own redirect behavior can be involved, and attempting to fight that built-in behavior may create more complications.
Source note: This article reflects Blogger and Google Search Central discussions available in 2026. Search Console reports can change over time, so always inspect the current status of the specific URL you're troubleshooting.
