How do I make sure my site is indexed by Google?
How to Index Your Site In Google
- Create a Sitemap. As the name implies, a sitemap is a map of your site.
- Submit your sitemap to Google Search Console. Now that you’ve created a sitemap, you’ll need to submit it to Search Console.
- Create a robots. txt.
- Create internal links.
- Earn inbound links.
- Encourage social sharing.
What to do if Google is not indexing your website?
Turn off safe search, which might be filtering your results. For a missing page: Search Google for the full URL of your page. For a site: It is possible that not every page on the site is indexed, but the site itself is in our index. Consider adding a sitemap to help Google discover all the pages in your site.
Why is example.com not indexed in Search Console?
But to Google, example.com and www.example.com are two different URLs with the potential to serve different content. For this reason, they’re considered different sites in Search Console. When you’re looking at the data for www.example.com you’re not seeing the data for example.com (without the www subdomain), and vice versa.
Why is my website missing from Google search?
Here’s how to troubleshoot and fix the most common problems when your page or site is missing from Google Search results. It sounds obvious, but first verify that your page or site is actually missing from Google’s index. Many people assume that they are not on Google, when in fact their page simply appears very low in Search results.
How long does it take for Google to index a page?
It can take time for Google to index your page; allow at least a week after submitting a sitemap or a submit to index request before assuming a problem. If your page or site change is recent, check back in a week to see if it is still missing. Turn off safe search, which might be filtering your results.