> Why a Squarespace site does not show up on Google and what to check: trial and private sites, passwords, hidden pages, noindex code and Search Console. - Canonical: https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/squarespace-site-not-showing-on-google/ --- # Why your Squarespace site is not showing up on Google A Squarespace site is missing from Google for a short list of reasons, and Squarespace's own help centre names them: the site is still a trial or set to private, a password stands in front of it, a page is hidden from search, or the site has never been verified with Google. Each takes minutes to check. Updated 6 October 2026 ## Check whether Google has the site at all Search Google for `site:` followed by your domain. No results means Google has not indexed the site, and the checks below apply. Results mean the site is indexed, and the last section covers what to do next. ## 1. Is the site on a paid plan and published? Squarespace’s help centre is plain about this: search engines do not find trial, expired or cancelled sites. A site has to be on a paid subscription and published before Google can index it. ## 2. Is there a password on the whole site? A site-wide password keeps search engines out as surely as it keeps visitors out. Squarespace suggests the quickest test: open the site in a private browser window. If it asks for a password, so does Google’s crawler. ## 3. Is there a password on the home page? A password on the home page alone has much the same effect, because the home page is where a crawler starts. Remove the page password. ## 4. Is the page enabled? Each page has an Enable setting on the General tab of its page settings. A disabled page is not published, and Google cannot index it. ## 5. Is the page hidden from search? Each page also has an SEO tab with the option “Hide this page from search results”. With it ticked, the page tells search engines to leave it out. Check every page that matters. ## 6. Is there noindex code on the site? Squarespace lists one further cause: `noindex` code added through code injection, for the whole site or for the home page. It is sometimes pasted in while a site is being built and forgotten. Remove it. ## 7. Is the page behind a paywall? A page that belongs to a paid membership area is closed to search engines. Squarespace’s advice is to take the page out of the pricing plan if it should be found. ## 8. Has the site been verified with Google? Verify the site in Google Search Console, then use it to ask Google to index the site. Squarespace notes that it does not control how quickly Google acts, and that it usually takes some time. ## If the site is indexed and still not found A site that passes every check has a ranking problem, and the platform’s settings will not solve it. Our guide to [why your website is not showing up on Google](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/website-not-showing-on-google/) covers that case, and [is Squarespace bad for SEO?](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/is-squarespace-bad-for-seo/) covers what the platform leaves to you. ## Questions people ask ### Why is my Squarespace site private? A Squarespace site stays private until it is on a paid plan and set to public. A trial site is private by design, and search engines do not index it. ### Can Google index a Squarespace trial site? No. Squarespace states that search engines do not find trial, expired or cancelled sites, and a trial cannot be verified in Google Search Console until it is upgraded. ### How long does a Squarespace site take to show up on Google? Squarespace says it has no say in how quickly Google indexes a site. Once the site is public and verified in Search Console, days to a few weeks is usual. ## Free competitor gap report A Squarespace site that is public, indexed and still not found is being outranked. Name up to three competitors that appear where you want to be and we measure your site against theirs, then send you where the gap is. 1. Speed and technical health, side by side 2. On-page SEO and site structure 3. The content they are found for and you are not 4. Who holds the searches that matter in your market 5. A prioritised list of what to fix first [Request your free report by email](mailto:contact@hadalmedusa.com?subject=Competitor%20gap%20report%3A%20Guide%3A%20Why%20your%20Squarespace%20site%20is%20not%20showing%20up%20on%20Google&body=Website%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20compete%20(area%2C%20country%20or%20countries)%3A%0D%0A%0D%0ACompetitors%20to%20compare%20against%20(up%20to%20three)%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AAnything%20else%20we%20should%20know%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A) - **Address** — contact@hadalmedusa.com - **Include** — your site; up to three competitors; where you compete ## More in this series - [Why your website is not showing up on Google](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/website-not-showing-on-google/) - [Why your Wix site is not showing up on Google](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/wix-site-not-showing-on-google/) - [Crawled, currently not indexed: what it means and how to fix it](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/crawled-currently-not-indexed/) - [Discovered, currently not indexed: what it means and how to fix it](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/discovered-currently-not-indexed/) - [Page with redirect: what it means in Search Console](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/page-with-redirect-search-console/) - [Why your Shopify store is not showing up on Google](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/shopify-store-not-showing-on-google/) - [Why your Google Business Profile is not showing up](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/google-business-profile-not-showing-up/) - [Why your Shopify store is not getting traffic or sales](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/shopify-store-not-getting-traffic/) - [Why your WordPress site is not showing up on Google](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/wordpress-site-not-showing-on-google/) - [Alternate page with proper canonical tag: what it means](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/alternate-page-with-proper-canonical-tag/) - [Duplicate without user-selected canonical: what it means and how to fix it](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/duplicate-without-user-selected-canonical/) - [Duplicate, Google chose different canonical than user: what to do](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/duplicate-google-chose-different-canonical/) - [Excluded by noindex tag: what it means and how to fix it](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/excluded-by-noindex-tag/) - [Blocked by robots.txt: what it means and how to fix it](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/blocked-by-robots-txt/) - [Soft 404 and Not found (404): what they mean and how to fix them](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/soft-404/) - [Server error (5xx): what it means and how to fix it](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/server-error-5xx-search-console/) - [Redirect error in Search Console: what it means and how to fix it](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/redirect-error-search-console/) - [Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt: what it means and what to do](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/indexed-though-blocked-by-robots-txt/) - [Blocked due to access forbidden (403): what it means and how to fix it](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/blocked-due-to-access-forbidden-403/) - [How to make your website show up on Google](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/how-to-make-your-website-show-up-on-google/) - [When a site is not showing on Google: the whole topic](https://hadalmedusa.com/topics/not-on-google/) - [All guides](https://hadalmedusa.com/guides/) - [On-site SEO: what the service includes](https://hadalmedusa.com/services/seo/)