: What to do if Google starts to index fewer pages from your site? How do I find out why Google is now indexing fewer pages from my site? Here is what Google's help says although I don't

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How do I find out why Google is now indexing fewer pages from my site?



Here is what Google's help says although I don't find it that helpful:


A steady increase in the number of crawled and indexed pages indicates
that Google can regularly access your content, and that your site is
being indexed.

If you see a sudden drop in the number of indexed pages, it may mean
that your server is down or overloaded, or that Google is having
trouble accessing your content.

To see the percentage of your site that’s accessible to Google,
compare the number of crawled pages with the number of pages blocked
by robots.txt. Sudden spikes or dips that appear in several charts can
indicate problems with site configuration, redirects, or security.


Starting on June 3rd, Google also says: Googlebot can't access your site


Over the last 24 hours, Googlebot encountered 179 errors while
attempting to retrieve DNS information for your site. The overall
error rate for DNS queries for your site is 5.0%.


In January 2013 I updated my site from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7, and some links were changed. I've tried to solve the issue by following Google's instructions:


After you think you've fixed the problem, use Fetch as Google to
verify that Googlebot can properly access your site.



I've clicked "fetch as Google" and it says "success" URL and linked pages submitted to index.
I've clicked on those site errors, and it says:


DNS OK
Server Connectivity OK
Robots.txt Fetch OK



Should I go and check out every single page of my site with "fetch as Google"?
What if I find a link is broken because I no longer use it?

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