You have now launched your own blog and updating it frequently, then why are you not getting enough attention ? Is there’s something missing out ? It can probably because of Google is not indexing your web pages. But why, what’s the reason ?
You have arranged a party in which you manage to serve lots of tasty dishes but hey, you got no one out there to enjoy your party ! It’s because you forgot to mention the venue on your invitation card.
The Same case is with Google. You have created a blog with lots of amazing content but you haven’t promoted your blog or not got your web pages indexed by Search engines. You won’t be getting a proper response to your work unless you force Google web crawlers to crawl through your web pages and index them.
You should know that Google crawlers depend on the links to index your web pages. In case you are not having any social media presence or zero backlinks to your blog then you won’t be able to get your web pages indexed by Google. Simple as that !
But, Is there’s any trick to get your web pages indexed by Google, Instantly ?
Yeah ! In this post, I’ll be telling your some of the best tricks which will help you improving your website visibility. I personally love to follow these tricks after updating my blog. It not only helps me improving my website ranking but also helps me securing top position in SERPs.
So, Let’s begin and see how’s it done.
I’ve personally met many people who think that indexing a new blog post is a very complicated and challenging task. But the fact is, it’s quite simple. You should know that Google always wants fresh and new content.
How to Check If You Have Got Your Blog
Indexed By Google Or Not ?
I’ve seen many beginners who search Google for their blog name and complaining that their blog is not getting indexed. Let me make this clear to you that when a site has recently launched, it won’t be able to rank on Google. You have to give time and put lots of efforts improving your site ranking and search engine visibility.
Now let’s get back to our main topic. Below I’m sharing my top tricks which will surely be helping you out indexing your new blog instantly by Google bots.
1. Site Owner Verification
Google Search Console is a free platform for bloggers and webmasters that allow you to check your website’s indexing and visibility status. You have to sign up at Google Search Console with your Google account. Now you have to add a new web property and then fill the details like your blog name and blog address. After successfully signing up with Google Search Console you will be provided with a particular verification code which you have to add to your blog in order to verify your blog ownership.
After completing the verification step, Google will come to know about your website/blog.
2. Submit Your Sitemap
Sitemap is simply a page which contains all your site links. Whenever Google Search engine bots crawl your website they will directly visit your sitemap and check whether there’s any new update or not. This help them indexing new web pages much easily.
You just need to type your blog name/sitemap.xml to view your sitemap.
For submitting your sitemap to Google Search Console simply follow these steps.
a. Login to your Google Search Console.
b. Under crawl section, click on sitemaps.
c. There you simply have to enter your sitemap URL and click on submit button.
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By submitting your sitemap to Google Search Console, you'll make search engine bots to crawl your website easily. Google Search engine bots will easily discover your new blog updates and will index them as soon you submit your sitemap.
You can also directly submit your sitemap to Google by clicking here. This will put a request to Google to index your new web pages.
4. Using Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a widely used tool by many bloggers and webmasters for tracking their website data and reports.
For connecting your blog with Google Analytics you firstly need to sign up for Google Analytics. Now under admin section, click to add a new account. There you need to fill your website details and get your tracking ID.
Open your website admin dashboard and paste your Google Analytics tracking ID to get your website connected with Google Analytics account.
5. Updating Your Ping List
Well, there are lots of ping services available for indexing your new web pages every time you update your blog.
If you are a WordPress user then you should update your website ping list. Wordpress allows you to automatically ping these services whenever you update your blog. Go to your site settings > Writing and update it with the following ping list.
Click Here to get the Ping Services List.
But, In case you are not a WordPress user then you can use online tools like Pingomatic or Pingler to automate this process.
6. Creating Social Media Website Profiles
Creating a website profile on various social media platform not only helps you making your blog popular among people but also helps a lot in the indexing process.
You can create a particular profile or create a fan page on such platforms. In most cases, you are allowed to put your website URL which helps Google to find your blog.
Following are some social media platforms which can be used for making your website profile :-
- Facebook Profile
- Facebook Page
- Google Plus Profile
- Google Plus Page
- Google Plus Community
- Twitter Account
- Linkedin Profile
- Pinterest Boards
- StumbleUpon
These are some of the best online platforms to be considered for creating a website profile. You should be aware that the crawl rate of Google on such social media platforms are very high therefore even if you are adding your website homepage URL on such platforms you will make your indexing process easier and faster.
7. Submit Sitemap To Blog Directories
There are plenty of blog directories available online which can be beneficial for your web page indexation.
Here’s the list of some top blog directories which should be considered :-
a. Blogarama
b. Alltop
c. BloggingFusion
d. BlogCatalog
e. Globe of Blogs
I’ll recommend you not to submit your blog post link to more than 3 directories because it will affect your site trust flow i.e, blog authority.
8. Blog Commenting
Blog commenting not only helps you in making backlinks to your site but also helps you increasing your blog readership. It’s a very effective SEO strategy which should be followed by one.
Blog commenting helps new blog to get their content indexed quickly.
You should always try to leave high-quality comments with your latest blog post link ( if there’s an option ).
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9. Interlinking Blog Posts
Another popular SEO-strategy which helps you getting your web pages indexed quickly.
I’ve seen many newbie bloggers neglecting this point.
But by interlinking your blog posts you will boost your crawl rate plus the crawl depth of search engine bots on your website. Google crawlers will also be indexing those links which you have connected to a blog post i.e, internal links.
Always make sure to add relevant links within your post.
Must Visit : How to do Correct Internal Linking for Better SEO ?
10 . Fetch As Google Tool
After trying all the above tricks, if you are still struggling to get your web pages indexed by Google then you can use this method.
Simply open your Google Search Console and open Fetch as Google under Crawl section.
By this step, you will get your web pages indexed instantly.
Conclusion
Though, if you have recently got started with your blog then I’ll advise you to forgot about ranking for first 3-4 months. Till then you just need to focus on creating new content for your site and if possible then update your site on regular basis. You should also focus on creating backlinks and social media network.
Hope, you liked this article. If you have any relevant questions then kindly do leave your comments below in the comment section… :)
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