The biggest challenge for a blogger is how to index blog posts on Google instantly. If you have the same question in your mind then this article will be very helpful for you.
The condition of having any blog post index is that your page is understandable to Google, it is useful to the users and the content of the page is original and unique. If your blog post complies with all these conditions, then you just need a few tips so that you can get the page indexed quickly.
In this article, we will talk about the tips that can get the page indexed as soon as possible. Everyone has the sole motive to bring maximum traffic to the blog. If you also want to bring organic traffic to your website, then your first goal should be to index the page.
If you are wondering what is an index, then let us know what is this index? Why is it so important to have a page index? Then we will discuss how you can get your blog posts indexed on Google instantly? And I'm sure your page will get indexed if you can bear me till the end.
What is an index?
Index means a list. Google keeps a list of answers to every question it has. When a user types a query into the search bar, Google provides the user with a list of articles matching that query.
But how does Google build this index, this list? Every blog post you and I do, Google adds useful blog posts to its list. Which is called index in the language of blogging.
Now the question is how can we get our blog posts included or indexed in Google's index instantly. So let's know how to index blog posts instantly.
Why is it important to have a page index?
All your blog posts must be indexed in Google. Without indexing, no article or blog post is displayed on search engines. If your blog post will not appear in the search result then users will not land on your blog.
You are smart, you must have come to know why it is important to index blog posts. Yes, if you want readers to read your article, you must have all your blog posts indexed so that your blog post appears in search results.
Apart from this, users can access your website by searching in the Google search engine. Which is called organic traffic, which is the first priority of any website, so that maximum organic traffic can be brought to the website. There is a possibility of getting a lot of traffic to the website through the indexed pages.
To get this opportunity, all blog posts must be indexed on Google immediately. Because unless Google includes your blog post in its list, none of your blog posts will appear in search results. It simply means that users will not be able to access your website.
How to index blog posts quickly?
1. To index your blog posts, first you have to pay attention to the performance of your blog. If indexing problems are happening in the blog then read this article.
It has to be checked whether your blog can render properly or not. Whether the loading speed time of the blog is minimum or not.
PageSpeed Insights helps you a lot in this work. Pagespeed Insights Tools is Google's own service which is absolutely free.
2. Second, the content of your post should be useful. Read your content as users. And see if this content is answering any questions correctly? Is it easy to read and understand?
Google is always interested in good content. If you make the content unique and of high quality, surely the page will get indexed immediately. Useful content elevates the authority of the page.
3. Third, make your content linkable. So that you can link this page to other relevant pages. Linkable page content easily passes PageRank, which is a sign of being indexed quickly.
Also, implement internal backlinks and external backlinks in your content. Internal backlinks are the easiest way for users to navigate from one page to another related page. This also improves the structure of the page.
If you create sub-pages related to the main page, the chances of your page getting indexed increase exponentially. For example, if your main page is titled 'A', then make page 'B' related to it and page 'C' related to page 'B'.
Now page 'A' will link to page 'B' and page 'B' will link to page 'C' which will be a high-quality link. Similarly 'C' will link to page 'B', 'B' to page 'A' which will be a low and medium quality link.
By providing external backlinks, you can invite Google to crawl the site more quickly. That is a step towards having an index. But not every page crawled is guaranteed to be indexed.
4. Page URL plays an important role in indexing and ranking. URL length should be limited (according to Google, Google crawls all types of URLs). However, the URL of the page is generated automatically. But if you use custom URLs then you have to keep some things in mind. for example
- Enter 5 to 6 words of the title in the URL.
- URL must be descriptive.
- All words must be in lowercase letters.
- Use a dash (-) between two words.
If your blog post is not in English then you will need to use a custom URL. If we talk about the URL of any other language then what will be the URL?
Suppose your blog post is in Hindi (National Language of India). In such a situation, you have to use 'Hinglish' words while creating the URL. for example
Your title is ब्लॉग पोस्ट को गूगल पर कैसे इंडेक्स करे '
So you have to create a URL like this -
https://www.example.com/2021/12/blog-post-ko-kaise-index-kare.html.
5. Sometimes Google delays crawling a URL. Site overload issue. Because of which the URL cannot be crawled. But you don't need to be worried. Google will return to your site and crawl the URL.
In this case, you see the error 'Discovered, currently not indexed' in Google Search Console. This error simply means that Google has found the URL of your page but it is not indexed yet. Read more about the issue 'What does discover, currently not indexed mean?'
If you have implemented all the methods mentioned so far in the blog post, then soon your page may be indexed. You can also use the API method to index immediately.
How can you request an index from Google?
If you use the Google Search Console Tools, you will find the option of URL Inspection Tools in the dashboard of GSC. You can send a request to Google to index it by entering the URL of the page there.
Add the URL of your page to the sitemap. Sitemaps are a good option for getting a page indexed quickly. However, even if your page is not submitted to a sitemap, Google can find and index your page. But links to important pages should be added to the sitemap.
If the page is taking a long time to be indexed, you can also request Google to index the page faster by clicking the Request indexing option.
Also, there is an option Pingomatic from where you can quickly index it using the link of your page. In Pygomatic you can also request for quick indexing of the page by entering your page title and link.
Avoid these things for indexing
So far we have discussed what to do for the index. But it will also be beneficial for you to know what you need to avoid for indexing. Below are some points that you have to avoid.
- Do not publish copied or rewritten content.
- Do not upload copyrighted images in your content.
- Do not make repeated indexing requests to GSC if there is no index.
- Do not write any content that is against Google's content policy.
- Do not keep the text size (12px) of the content less.