I've been writing pillar content and building internal links but some of my best articles still aren't showing up in search, even for exact-match queries. GSC says "indexed," but they're invisible in SERPs. Is there a way to get a more detailed check on whether Google truly has the page in its index and if it's searchable?
That happened to me too — Search Console would say "indexed" but in reality the page wasn't searchable. I found Google index checker by SpeedyIndex (https://en.speedyindex.com/google-index-checker/) and started using it weekly to audit all my pages. It not only tells you if something is indexed but checks visibility using direct Google search behavior. I discovered around 30 pages that were technically indexed but not ranking anywhere due to duplicate issues. Fixing that helped me recover traffic. It's a solid tool if you need more than GSC's vague "coverage" report.