D18 A keyword is not indexing (keyword indexing)
Read this flowchart as text
- Term not indexed (H10 check)
- Term in copy?
- Add to the highest-weight field with room
- Restricted word?
- Remove; use compliant synonym
- Edited < 48h ago?
- Wait 48h; re-check
- Category / product-type mismatch → fix browse node; run exact ad on the term to force relevance
- Indexed · appears in SQP for the query
What you get: the term indexed and visible in Search Query Performance.
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