GATE - how it works

GATE is a free go / no-go check for URLs you're about to submit via Request indexing - or a checklist before you hit Request review.

Mode A live-proves each URL. Mode B is a five-gate review checklist with a copyable summary. No Search Console OAuth - you still click request in Search Console yourself.

Mode A - Live proof:

• HTTP status must be 200.
• robots.txt must not Disallow Googlebot for that path.
• Page must not say noindex.
• URL must not redirect away - request the final URL instead.
• Canonical must be self / OK (or absent treated as OK for go/no-go).
• Soft smells (missing title, thin body, soft-404 title) - notes only, never force a NO-GO alone.

Mode B - Request review checklist: P0 fixes live, sitemap cleaned, sample keep-URLs live-GO, thin hubs handled, no robots traps left on priority URLs.

Mode A uses fixed order - first match wins:

• FETCH_ERROR -> NO-GO
• Bad status -> NO-GO
• Blocked by robots -> NO-GO
• noindex -> NO-GO
• Redirects away -> NO-GO
• Canonical points away -> NO-GO
• Else -> GO

Mode B is GO to Request review only when all five checklist items are ticked; otherwise HOLD.

1. 01Sign in with your email - one-tap link, no password.
2. 02Mode A: paste up to 20 URLs (or press Sample input), hit Run, filter GO vs NO-GO.
3. 03Mode B: tick the five gates, add optional proof notes, copy the summary into your ticket or Slack.

• Export Mode A NO-GO rows as CSV - one Do-this per URL before you request anything.
• Paste the Mode B summary as the review evidence block.
• Only request when Mode A is clean for the sample and Mode B is GO.

Spend the indexing shot once, on URLs that can actually be indexed.

• Public HTTP + robots.txt only - GATE never submits to Google for you.
• Mode A capped at 20 URLs per run.
• Email sign-in. Every mode free to use after sign-in.
• Sibling tools: VEXA for robots traps, RAUM for Pages reasons, KNOT for canonicals, LOCRA for sitemap locs, and BOTCHECK to check real Googlebot isn't blocked before you request indexing.
• Before you ask Google to review a manual action, read how to check for a Google penalty and how to write a reconsideration request.

GATE isn't a standalone tool - it's one mode inside the GSC Companion at /tools/seo. The same email magic-link opens every mode, so you can move from GATE to another check without signing in again.

If you want the wider picture first, read GSC Companion - how it works.