Index Coverage: How the Progress Graph and Last Inspected Work

A common question about the Index Coverage report: "Is Linkilo checking my indexing every day and comparing? How does this graph work?" Short answer: the bars are daily snapshots of your last scan — not a fresh daily check against Google. Here's exactly what that means.

How the data flows

1. When you run a scan (or re-inspect a page), Linkilo asks Google's URL Inspection API for each page's real status: indexed, not indexed, excluded, or error.
2. Those verdicts are stored per page.
3. Once a day, Linkilo records a snapshot of the totals — that's one bar on the progress graph.

So if you scanned on Monday and did nothing else, Tuesday's and Wednesday's bars will look identical: they're snapshots of the same (Monday) data. Flat bars mean "nothing was re-inspected", not "indexing is stuck".

The "Last inspected" note

Under the graph you'll see: "Last inspected: [date] — these bars reflect your last scan, not a fresh daily check. Re-scan to refresh the numbers." That date is the honest timestamp of the last time Linkilo actually queried Google.

When to re-scan

• After publishing or updating a batch of posts.
• After fixing no-index / canonical issues.
• Weekly or bi-weekly as routine hygiene — you have full API quota for it.

Use the Start button for a full pass, or the per-row re-inspect (↻) for a single page.

Reading the statuses

• Indexed — Google has the page in its index.
• Not indexed — Google knows about it but hasn't indexed it (the coverage state column says why).
• Excluded — deliberately kept out (noindex, canonical to another page, etc.).
• Not inspected — Linkilo hasn't asked Google about this page yet.

Tip: pages that are not indexed and also have few internal links are prime candidates — check them against the Orphan Pages and Link Priorities reports.