When someone decides to search for something on Google , they are asking the search engine to display all the important pages in relation to an index, and because there are usually millions of pages that fit a specific search, the competition becomes even tougher.
For this reason, Google's algorithm viber database does everything it can to order these results in such a way that the best ones come first and the less important ones are subsequently listed. This is what we refer to as indexing, which should not be confused with positioning.
Keep in mind that talking about indexing means being on Google , regardless of the position in which your business website appears. On the other hand, positioning means reaching the top spots in search results.
What should I do if my website is not indexed?
Throughout this article, we will address three possible issues that users may have regarding the indexing of their website. These are:
The entire website is not indexed
Only some pages are indexed, but others are not
Published web pages are not indexed quickly enough
But first, let's learn some technical definitions necessary to understand the broad world of indexing and what are the possible solutions to this type of inconvenience that any website may present.
What is indexing?
This is the task that Google does of crawling and discovering new pages after having done a small search within the web, and then, those pages found are added to the index of results . This procedure is possible thanks to a kind of web spider, called “Googlebot”.
Web crawling : The process of following a series of hyperlinks in order to discover new content within a web page.
Web spider : A software specially designed to perform large-scale crawling tasks.
That said, it's worth noting that if you're a Google Search Console user, you can get a much more accurate view by using the coverage report, which shows the indexing status of your website. Just follow these steps:
Go to Google Search Console > Index > Coverage and look at the number of valid pages that are with or without a warning.
If these results are different from zero “0”, it means that Google has at least a couple of web pages indexed. On the other hand, if this is not the case, you should take action since it is indicating that you do not have any indexed web pages at all.
Getting Google to Index Your Website
To start being on Google, you need to follow these steps:
Go to Google Search Console
Browse the URL Inspection Tool
Copy and paste the URL you want to be indexed in Google right into the search bar.
Please wait while Google checks the URL
Then, press the “Request indexing” button
The above is a fairly effective process when trying to publish a new page or entry , what happens is that you are indicating to Google that you have finished adding something new to your web page and that it is available for review.
However, it is unlikely that simply requesting indexation will resolve all the conflicts arising from old pages that Google is unable to index. If this is your case, follow the recommendations (quick links) below and see if you can fix the problem.
