Google's Page Indexing report, read the right way

Google's Page Indexing report sorts URLs into 18 statuses, and on my own site 105 of 245 are excluded on purpose. https://brandonlazovic.dev/articles/g... This video walks the interactive glossary that explains every one of them, tier by tier: by design, worth checking, and fix now. On this site, 105 of 245 discoverable URLs are marked with a permanent noindex instruction, deliberately, a pattern I call engineered exclusion, and Google's own documentation answers that status with one word: congratulations. Full breakdown, sources, and the exact header rule behind the 105-URL count are all at the link above. If you manage a site of any size, tally your own engineered exclusions before you next check an indexing report. The gap between that estimate and your not-indexed total is worth more than either number alone. Chapters: 0:00 The report loads, nothing expanded yet 0:25 Opening the noindex card 1:05 Scanning for the amber badge across tiers 1:45 Two similar-sounding statuses, compared 2:30 Searching the fifteen reasons 3:05 The fix-now tier 3:40 Closing on the count that matters