Free Noindex Checker
One fetch, both places a noindex can hide: the meta robots and googlebot tags in the HTML, and the X-Robots-Tag header that view-source never shows.
This is one fetch of one page. ShipDR runs the same verified check on every directory listing you track, on a schedule: live, dofollow, indexable, still there tomorrow. $10 once, per website.
Why this is the check that matters
A noindex page leaves Google’s index and, over time, stops being crawled at all, so every backlink on it passes nothing. For directory submissions this is the silent failure: the listing is live, the anchor is a clean dofollow, and the page it sits on is invisible to search engines. Checking rel without checking indexability tells you half the story. This tool reads the meta robots and googlebot tags plus the X-Robots-Tag response header in a single fetch, the same read ShipDR performs on every listing it verifies.
Checking a page that links to you? The dofollow link checker reads the anchor rel and the noindex signals together.
Fair questions
What is a noindex tag?
A noindex directive tells search engines to drop the page from their index. It can sit in the HTML as a meta robots or meta googlebot tag, or ride the HTTP response as an X-Robots-Tag header. Once honored, the page stops appearing in search at all.
Why does noindex matter for backlinks?
A backlink only passes value if the page carrying it is in the index. A dofollow link on a noindex page looks perfect in the HTML and passes nothing: Google drops the page, then eventually stops crawling it. It is the silent failure of directory submissions, a listing that looks live and counts for nothing.
How do I check a page for noindex?
You need both places: the meta robots and googlebot tags in the HTML, and the X-Robots-Tag response header, which never shows up in view-source. This tool fetches the page once and reads both, the same way ShipDR reads every listing it verifies.