Indexing guides
How indexing actually works, written by people who measure it every day. No guaranteed-indexing promises, no recycled advice about pinging endpoints that no longer exist.
How to index your website on Google
The full path from a brand-new page to an indexed one — sitemaps, Search Console, the Indexing API, and how to tell which step actually worked.
How to submit a URL to Google
Every submission method that still exists in 2026, what each one is actually for, and which ones are worth your time.
Ping Google: what replaced it
The sitemap ping endpoint was switched off in 2023. Here is what to do instead, and why nothing broke when it went away.
How to get Google to recrawl your site
You changed a page and Google is still serving the old version. What triggers a recrawl, and how long each route takes.
Reference pages: IndexNow · Google Indexing API · Indexing software
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