Search engines receive several indexing signals, and contradictions between them can delay crawling or select an unintended URL.
Start with the indexability decision
Confirm that public pages allow crawling while private admin and account areas remain excluded.
A sitemap entry cannot override a noindex directive on the page.
Match every sitemap URL to its canonical
Each indexable sitemap entry should return success and declare itself as the canonical URL.
Redirecting, duplicate or noindex URLs should not remain in the sitemap.
Check robots scope carefully
A broad disallow rule can block CSS, scripts or public guide paths unintentionally.
Test representative URLs instead of reading one line in isolation.
Use one hostname standard
Canonical tags, internal links, robots sitemap references and redirects should use the same HTTPS hostname.
Consistent signals reduce duplicate discovery across www, non-www and protocol variants.
Repeat checks after deployment
Generated files and runtime routes can differ from local source output.
Validate the live Mars Market pages and record the deployed response, not only the repository version.