When a new website is created, one of the most important goals is to make it as recognisable as possible to the internet search engines. This ensures that potential visitors can find the site more easily.
Although it can take time for Googlebots to index a page and add it to the Google Index, in this article, we will share some tips on how to get your website indexed by Google as quickly as possible.
The first step is to understand what Google Crawler is and how exactly the indexing process works.
A Google Crawler is a web robot made up of several machines that constantly collect different web pages from the Internet and add them to the Google index. When a Googlebot finds a page, it looks up all the links on that page and adds them to a queue of links to be crawled later. Googlebot generally avoids harmful sites, as it uses a unique technology to determine whether a site is trustworthy. While collecting links from the indexed page, the bot can quickly list most of the links found on the web.
How to Help Google Find Your Site
1. Create a Sitemap
The first and most important step is to create a sitemap for your website. A sitemap is a file that lists all the links on your page, helping Googlebot to work more efficiently and accurately.
A sitemap can be created using various web tools. More information on how these tools work and how to crawl a site using third-party tools is available in this article.
2. Add Your Website to Google Search Console
Once your sitemap is created, it may be a good idea to add it to Google Search Console. This allows Google to understand the structure of your site, thereby speeding up the indexing process.
3. Validate Your Domain in Google Search Console
Validation can be done on the verification page of Google Search Console after the HTML file has been successfully uploaded. To confirm the upload, click on the automatically generated link. To complete the process, click the Confirm button at the bottom of the page.
4. Keep the Website Up to Date
It is very important to keep the website constantly updated with new posts and links, and these updates should be communicated to search engines. This ensures that the indexed information stored on the site remains fresh and up to date.
To notify Google of these updates, you can use the URL Inspection tool (formerly “Fetch as Google”) in Google Search Console.
5. Create a Google Business Profile
It may be beneficial to create a Google Business Profile, as this will allow your business to appear more easily in Google search results with all relevant information, images, maps, and, of course, your website.
6. Optimise Your Website
To simplify and speed up the indexing process, it is essential that your website is cleanly coded, fast, and fully optimised.