{"id":27365,"date":"2019-04-30T15:16:42","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T23:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/?p=27365"},"modified":"2025-10-31T10:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T15:01:42","slug":"google-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/google-index\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Google to Index Your Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"intro-txt\">Google\u2019s index is a library of hundreds of billions of web pages. It\u2019s what people search through when they use Google. Unless the pages on your website are in this index, there\u2019s absolutely zero chance of them showing up in Google\u2019s search results.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>But how do you know if your site\u2019s in Google\u2019s index, and how do you get it there if&nbsp;not?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"recommendation\"><div class=\"recommendation-title\">TL;DR: Quick Indexing Checklist<\/div><div class=\"recommendation-content\">\n\n\n\n<p>Google only indexes the pages it considers valuable\u2014not everything it discovers. To get your site indexed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 Request indexing for your homepage and other important pages<br>\u2705 Submit your sitemap in Google Search Console<br>\u2705 Optimize site structure and add internal links to important pages<br>\u2705 Get some backlinks to establish authority<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Timeline: <\/strong>New sites: days to weeks. Established sites: hours to days.<br><strong>Not working?<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/google-index\/#check-issues\">Jump to troubleshooting<\/a> technical issues, crawl problems, or content quality concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"intro-tok\" id=\"intro_tok\" style=\"display:none;\"><div class=\"intro-title\">Contents<\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"expand-dots\"><span><\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"post-nav-link clearfix\" id=\"section1\"><a class=\"subhead-anchor\" data-tip=\"tooltip__copielink\" rel=\"#section1\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 14 14\" style><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M0 0h14v14H0z\" \/><path d=\"M7.45 9.887l-1.62 1.621c-.92.92-2.418.92-3.338 0a2.364 2.364 0 0 1 0-3.339l1.62-1.62-1.273-1.272-1.62 1.62a4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.885 5.884l1.62-1.62L7.45 9.886zM5.527 5.135L7.17 3.492c.92-.92 2.418-.92 3.339 0 .92.92.92 2.418 0 3.339L8.866 8.473l1.272 1.273 1.644-1.643A4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.897 2.22L4.254 3.863l1.272 1.272zm-.66 3.998a.749.749 0 0 1 0-1.06l2.208-2.206a.749.749 0 1 1 1.06 1.06L5.928 9.133a.75.75 0 0 1-1.061 0z\" style \/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><div class=\"link-text\" data-anchor=\"How to check if you\u2019re indexed in Google\" data-section=\"how-to-check-if-you\u2019re-indexed-in-google\">\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-167539-_te89o98meqk1\"><\/a>How to check if you\u2019re indexed in Google<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want a rough idea of how many pages on your website Google has indexed, go to Google, search for site:yourwebsite.com and look at the number of results below the search bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"262\" class=\"wp-image-167541\" style=\"width: 418px; height: undefinedpx;\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/see-roughly-how-many-pages-google-has-indexed-with.png\" alt=\"See roughly how many pages Google has indexed with a site: search\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to check whether a particular page is indexed, you\u2019ll get the most accurate results using the <strong>URL Inspection tool<\/strong> in Google Search Console.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For indexed pages, you\u2019ll see&nbsp;this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1246\" height=\"552\" class=\"wp-image-167542\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/if-a-page-is-indexed-it-will-say-url-is-on-googl.png\" alt=\"If a page is indexed, it will say &quot;URL is on Google&quot; when using the URL Inspection tool\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/if-a-page-is-indexed-it-will-say-url-is-on-googl.png 1246w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/if-a-page-is-indexed-it-will-say-url-is-on-googl-680x301.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/if-a-page-is-indexed-it-will-say-url-is-on-googl-768x340.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1246px) 100vw, 1246px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For pages that aren\u2019t indexed, you\u2019ll see&nbsp;this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"580\" class=\"wp-image-167543\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/if-a-page-isnt-indexed-it-will-say-url-is-not-o.png\" alt=\"If a page isn't indexed, it will say &quot;URL is not on Google&quot; when using the URL Inspection tool\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/if-a-page-isnt-indexed-it-will-say-url-is-not-o.png 1170w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/if-a-page-isnt-indexed-it-will-say-url-is-not-o-680x337.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/if-a-page-isnt-indexed-it-will-say-url-is-not-o-768x381.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does Google automatically index all&nbsp;pages?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>No. Google crawls billions of pages but doesn\u2019t index everything it&nbsp;finds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It only indexes pages it considers valuable enough to show in search results. Even if <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/googlebot\/\">Googlebot<\/a> discovers your page, it may choose not to crawl and index it if the content is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Low quality or&nbsp;thin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duplicates or near-duplicates of other&nbsp;pages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unhelpful to searchers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Part of a low-authority site with limited <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/crawl-budget\/\">crawl budget<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"post-nav-link clearfix\" id=\"section1\"><a class=\"subhead-anchor\" data-tip=\"tooltip__copielink\" rel=\"#section1\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 14 14\" style><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M0 0h14v14H0z\" \/><path d=\"M7.45 9.887l-1.62 1.621c-.92.92-2.418.92-3.338 0a2.364 2.364 0 0 1 0-3.339l1.62-1.62-1.273-1.272-1.62 1.62a4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.885 5.884l1.62-1.62L7.45 9.886zM5.527 5.135L7.17 3.492c.92-.92 2.418-.92 3.339 0 .92.92.92 2.418 0 3.339L8.866 8.473l1.272 1.273 1.644-1.643A4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.897 2.22L4.254 3.863l1.272 1.272zm-.66 3.998a.749.749 0 0 1 0-1.06l2.208-2.206a.749.749 0 1 1 1.06 1.06L5.928 9.133a.75.75 0 0 1-1.061 0z\" style \/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><div class=\"link-text\" data-anchor=\"How to get indexed by Google\" data-section=\"how-to-get-indexed-by-google\">\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-167539-_koqr7gynpnhw\"><\/a>How to get indexed by Google<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have valuable content for searchers, getting indexed tends to be easy enough. You just need to make sure Google can find your pages, and that you\u2019re signaling their importance. Here are four steps you can take to do&nbsp;that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-167539-_qhhaen2z02ey\"><\/a>1. Request indexing for your homepage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sign up for Google Search Console, add your property, plug your homepage into the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/9012289?hl=en\">URL Inspection tool<\/a>, and hit \u201cRequest indexing.\u201d As long as your site structure is sound (more on this shortly), Google will be able to find (and hopefully index) all the pages on your&nbsp;site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"518\" class=\"wp-image-167544\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-request-indexing-in-google-search-console.png\" alt=\"How to request indexing in Google Search Console\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-request-indexing-in-google-search-console.png 1100w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-request-indexing-in-google-search-console-680x320.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-request-indexing-in-google-search-console-768x362.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How long does it take to get indexed?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>For a new website, it can take anywhere from a few days to several months for Google to index your content, while new pages on an established site can be indexed in&nbsp;hours.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Factors like your website\u2019s popularity, authority, content quality, structure, and technical SEO all play a part in how quickly your page gets indexed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google\u2019s crawler, Googlebot, also tends to crawl fresh pages more often than it does static pages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1850\" height=\"1730\" class=\"wp-image-192478\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image.jpg 1850w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-454x425.jpg 454w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-768x718.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-1536x1436.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1850px) 100vw, 1850px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But, it\u2019s important not to manipulate this by updating timestamps without making genuine content improvements. <br><br>Google has been known to penalize sites that do&nbsp;this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"further-reading\"><div class=\"reading-title\">Further reading<\/div><div class=\"reading-content\">\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/republishing-content\/\">Republishing Content for SEO &amp; AI: How to Update Posts (Not Just Change Dates)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/website-crawlers\/\">Crawl Me Maybe? How Website Crawlers Work<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-167539-_qhbbwwpeyjl4\"><\/a>2. Create and submit a sitemap to Google<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-sitemap\/\">sitemap<\/a> tells Google where to find the pages you consider important on your&nbsp;site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most website platforms like Wix, Squarespace, and Shopify create a sitemap for you automatically. You can usually find this at yourdomain.com\/sitemap.xml or yourdomain.com\/sitemap_index.xml. If it\u2019s not there, see if its location is listed in your robots.txt file at yourdomain.com\/robots.txt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"354\" class=\"wp-image-167545\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sitemap-url-in-robots-txt-file.png\" alt=\"Sitemap URL in robots.txt file\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sitemap-url-in-robots-txt-file.png 900w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sitemap-url-in-robots-txt-file-680x267.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sitemap-url-in-robots-txt-file-768x302.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re using WordPress, use a plugin like Yoast or Rank Math to create a sitemap. Don\u2019t use the default sitemap created by WordPress as it tends to include a bunch of unimportant stuff you don\u2019t want in&nbsp;there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have a sitemap created, go to the <strong>Sitemaps<\/strong> tab in Google Search Console, enter the sitemap URL, and hit \u201cSubmit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1122\" height=\"526\" class=\"wp-image-167546\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-add-a-sitemap-in-google-search-console.png\" alt=\"How to add a sitemap in Google Search Console\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-add-a-sitemap-in-google-search-console.png 1122w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-add-a-sitemap-in-google-search-console-680x319.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-add-a-sitemap-in-google-search-console-768x360.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1122px) 100vw, 1122px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-167539-_3czdgtbhpbxy\"><\/a>3. Structure your site properly<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Search engines should be able to reach every important page on your website through internal links. If that\u2019s not possible for a page, it\u2019s known as an <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/orphan-pages\/\">orphan page<\/a>. Google is less likely to index these as they\u2019re harder to find and have fewer signals that they\u2019re important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s up to you how you want to structure your site, but it\u2019s common to use a pyramid structure:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"802\" class=\"wp-image-167547\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/example-of-pyramid-site-structure.png\" alt=\"Example of pyramid site structure\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/example-of-pyramid-site-structure.png 900w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/example-of-pyramid-site-structure-477x425.png 477w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/example-of-pyramid-site-structure-768x684.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With this kind of site structure, each page has an internal link from at least one page above it in the pyramid. As long as your website platform automatically adds links to new content, no page should end up orphaned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That said, mistakes can happen, so it\u2019s worth setting up regular audits to check your site for orphan pages. Assuming that all your important pages are in your sitemap, it\u2019s free and easy to do this with an <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/webmaster-tools\">Ahrefs Webmaster Tools (AWT)<\/a> account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, create a new project from your Ahrefs Dashboard:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"468\" class=\"wp-image-167548\" style=\"width: 437px; height: undefinedpx;\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-create-a-project-in-ahrefs.png\" alt=\"How to create a project in Ahrefs\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-create-a-project-in-ahrefs.png 608w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-create-a-project-in-ahrefs-552x425.png 552w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, click the option to import from Google Search Console:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1704\" height=\"1074\" class=\"wp-image-167549\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-add-a-project-from-google-search-console-in.png\" alt=\"How to add a project from Google Search Console in Ahrefs\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-add-a-project-from-google-search-console-in.png 1704w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-add-a-project-from-google-search-console-in-674x425.png 674w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-add-a-project-from-google-search-console-in-768x484.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-add-a-project-from-google-search-console-in-1536x968.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1704px) 100vw, 1704px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, choose your site and import the project with the default settings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1350\" height=\"910\" class=\"wp-image-167550\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/selecting-projects-to-import.png\" alt=\"Selecting projects to import\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/selecting-projects-to-import.png 1350w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/selecting-projects-to-import-630x425.png 630w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/selecting-projects-to-import-768x518.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sidenote\"><div class=\"sidenote-title\">Sidenote.<\/div> If your sitemap is at \/sitemap.xml, \/sitemap_index.xml, or is listed in your robots.txt file, the default settings are fine. Otherwise you\u2019ll need to open the settings for your project in Site Audit and enter your specific sitemap URL(s).<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahrefs will now begin crawling your website and email you the results when complete. If you see the \u201cOrphan page (has no incoming internal links)\u201d error in that email, there are pages on your site lacking internal links that need to be incorporated into your site structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"666\" class=\"wp-image-167551\" style=\"width: 547px; height: undefinedpx;\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/orphan-pages-issue-via-ahrefs-site-audit.jpeg\" alt=\"Orphan pages issue via Ahrefs' Site Audit\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/orphan-pages-issue-via-ahrefs-site-audit.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/orphan-pages-issue-via-ahrefs-site-audit-680x403.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/orphan-pages-issue-via-ahrefs-site-audit-768x455.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-167539-_j2f527qzhgc\"><\/a>4. Build backlinks to your&nbsp;site<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Backlinks signal to Google that the content on a website is valuable and deserves indexing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your website is new, the best starting point is to find your competitors\u2019 backlinks and replicate the ones you can. These are typically links&nbsp;from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Directories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Listicles that mention multiple competitors, but not&nbsp;you<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guest posts, interviews and podcasts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use the <strong>Link Intersect<\/strong> report in Ahrefs\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/site-explorer\">Site Explorer<\/a> to find&nbsp;these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, say you\u2019re a plumber in New York City. If you plug in your website and a few competitors, it\u2019ll show sites linking to one or more of them but not you. You can usually spot directories on this list quite easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"660\" class=\"wp-image-167552\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/examples-of-directories-found-using-ahrefs-link-i.png\" alt=\"Examples of directories found using Ahrefs' Link Intersect tool\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/examples-of-directories-found-using-ahrefs-link-i.png 900w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/examples-of-directories-found-using-ahrefs-link-i-580x425.png 580w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/examples-of-directories-found-using-ahrefs-link-i-768x563.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Replicating these links is usually as straightforward as creating a free listing on the directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more ways to replicate and build backlinks in the linked guides below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"further-reading\"><div class=\"reading-title\">Further reading<\/div><div class=\"reading-content\">\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/find-competitors-backlinks\/\">How to Find Your Competitors Backlinks (And Get Them for Yourself)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/link-building-strategies\/\">9 Easy Link Building Strategies (That Anyone Can&nbsp;Use)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/how-to-get-backlinks\/\">How to Get Backlinks: 15 Proven Tactics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-nav-link clearfix\" id=\"section1\"><a class=\"subhead-anchor\" data-tip=\"tooltip__copielink\" rel=\"#section1\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 14 14\" style><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M0 0h14v14H0z\" \/><path d=\"M7.45 9.887l-1.62 1.621c-.92.92-2.418.92-3.338 0a2.364 2.364 0 0 1 0-3.339l1.62-1.62-1.273-1.272-1.62 1.62a4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.885 5.884l1.62-1.62L7.45 9.886zM5.527 5.135L7.17 3.492c.92-.92 2.418-.92 3.339 0 .92.92.92 2.418 0 3.339L8.866 8.473l1.272 1.273 1.644-1.643A4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.897 2.22L4.254 3.863l1.272 1.272zm-.66 3.998a.749.749 0 0 1 0-1.06l2.208-2.206a.749.749 0 1 1 1.06 1.06L5.928 9.133a.75.75 0 0 1-1.061 0z\" style \/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><div class=\"link-text\" data-anchor=\"Still not indexed? Check for deeper issues\" data-section=\"check-issues\">\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-167539-_ch8yrdhsimp\"><\/a>Still not indexed? Check for deeper issues<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve done everything above and Google still isn\u2019t indexing some or all of the pages you\u2019d expect them to, there\u2019s probably a bigger issue so you need to run some checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-167539-_dgnkeaqk1cxr\"><\/a>Check for rogue noindex tags<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Google can\u2019t index pages that you tell them they\u2019re not allowed to. You do this with a noindex robots meta tag or x-robots-tag HTTP header.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t worry if you have no idea what any of that means. You can check for this issue in <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/site-audit\">Site Audit<\/a> with a free <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/webmaster-tools\">Ahrefs Webmaster Tools (AWT)<\/a> account. Just head to the \u201cIndexability\u201d report and look for these issues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Noindex in HTML and HTTP header<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Noindex follow page<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Noindex and nofollow page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1386\" height=\"692\" class=\"wp-image-167553\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-noindexed-pages-in-ahrefs-site-audit.png\" alt=\"Finding noindexed pages in Ahrefs' Site Audit\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-noindexed-pages-in-ahrefs-site-audit.png 1386w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-noindexed-pages-in-ahrefs-site-audit-680x340.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-noindexed-pages-in-ahrefs-site-audit-768x383.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-noindexed-pages-in-ahrefs-site-audit-400x200.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1386px) 100vw, 1386px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Google won\u2019t be able to index any pages with these issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see which pages they affect, click the number in the \u201cCrawled\u201d column. If you want any of these URLs indexed, you\u2019ll need to remove the noindex directive from the HTML or HTTP header.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"further-reading\"><div class=\"reading-title\">Further reading<\/div><div class=\"reading-content\">\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/meta-robots\/\">Robots Meta Tag &amp; X-Robots-Tag: Everything You Need to&nbsp;Know<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-167539-_sfssha8k5hmn\"><\/a>Check for manual actions and security issues<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If your website or web page has a manual action or security issue, Google might not show it in the search results. You can check both of these things in Google Search Console. Just go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/9044175?hl=en\">Manual Actions report<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/9044101?hl=en\">Security Issues report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s what you want to see in both reports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-167554\" style=\"width: 304px; height: undefinedpx;\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/what-you-want-to-see-in-the-manual-actions-report.png\" alt=\"What you want to see in the Manual Actions report in Search Console\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you see anything different to that, seek expert help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"further-reading\"><div class=\"reading-title\">Further reading<\/div><div class=\"reading-content\">\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/google-penalties\/\">Google Penalties: The Newbie-Friendly Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-167539-_lxxwjnwqutn2\"><\/a>Check that your content is actually valuable for searchers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Google\u2019s John Mueller is on record saying that the search engine never indexes all known URLs. They need to be \u201cawesome and inspiring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1192\" height=\"546\" class=\"wp-image-172969\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-18-at-12.40.28.png\" alt=\"Google's John Mueller is on record saying that the search engine never indexes all known URLs. They need to be &quot;awesome and inspiring.&quot;  \" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-18-at-12.40.28.png 1192w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-18-at-12.40.28-680x311.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-18-at-12.40.28-768x352.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1192px) 100vw, 1192px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find more potentially low-quality pages that might not be indexed using <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/site-audit\">Site Audit<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to the Page Explorer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Filter for Indexable pages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the Advanced filter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Filter for pages with no keyword rankings and fewer than 300&nbsp;words<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"789\" class=\"wp-image-167555\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-low-quality-pages-that-might-not-be-indexe.jpg\" alt=\"Finding low-quality pages that might not be indexed in Site Audit\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-low-quality-pages-that-might-not-be-indexe.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-low-quality-pages-that-might-not-be-indexe-680x262.jpg 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-low-quality-pages-that-might-not-be-indexe-768x296.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-low-quality-pages-that-might-not-be-indexe-1536x592.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This will return \u201cthin,\u201d indexable pages that don\u2019t rank for any keyword in the top&nbsp;100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although it\u2019s possible that some of these pages are indexed, they may as well not be because they\u2019re not ranking for anything. This means that Google clearly doesn\u2019t see them as valuable enough to send traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If any of these pages are about topics with search volume, you\u2019ll need to make them more valuable to get Google to show them in search results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-167539-_w266e1nzmgnz\"><\/a>Check for indexable pages not in your sitemap<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sitemaps are one of the signals Google uses to understand which pages are important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excluding pages you want indexed from your sitemap is unlikely to be the only reason for Google not indexing them, but it\u2019s still not a positive signal. You can find these pages in Site Audit. Just look for the \u201cIndexable page not in sitemap\u201d notice in the \u201cAll issues\u201d report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"142\" class=\"wp-image-167556\" style=\"width: 491px; height: undefinedpx;\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-indexable-pages-that-arent-in-your-site-m.png\" alt=\"Finding indexable pages that aren't in your site map in Ahrefs' Site Audit\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-indexable-pages-that-arent-in-your-site-m.png 792w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-indexable-pages-that-arent-in-your-site-m-680x122.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-indexable-pages-that-arent-in-your-site-m-768x138.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fixing this issue depends on whether you want the affected pages indexed or&nbsp;not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want them indexed, adjust your sitemap settings to include these pages. If you don\u2019t want them indexed, add a noindex directive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-167539-_819d95bqouru\"><\/a>Check for crawl blocks in your robots.txt file<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Google rarely indexes pages that it can\u2019t crawl so if you\u2019re blocking some important pages in robots.txt, they probably won\u2019t get indexed.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>To check if a page is blocked, you can use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/webmasters\/tools\/robots-testing-tool\">Google\u2019s robots.txt tester<\/a>. Just plug in your URL and hit \u201cTest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>If it\u2019s all good, it\u2019ll say \u201cAllowed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1362\" height=\"110\" class=\"wp-image-167557\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/checking-a-pages-crawlability-with-googles-robot.png\" alt=\"Checking a page's crawlability with Google's robots.txt tester\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/checking-a-pages-crawlability-with-googles-robot.png 1362w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/checking-a-pages-crawlability-with-googles-robot-680x55.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/checking-a-pages-crawlability-with-googles-robot-768x62.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1362px) 100vw, 1362px\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>If a page is blocked, it\u2019ll say \u201cBlocked\u201d and highlight the line in your robots.txt file that\u2019s causing the&nbsp;block.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1586\" height=\"1018\" class=\"wp-image-167558\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/google-will-highlight-the-rule-blocking-the-crawl.png\" alt=\"Google will highlight the rule blocking the crawl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/google-will-highlight-the-rule-blocking-the-crawl.png 1586w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/google-will-highlight-the-rule-blocking-the-crawl-662x425.png 662w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/google-will-highlight-the-rule-blocking-the-crawl-260x166.png 260w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/google-will-highlight-the-rule-blocking-the-crawl-768x493.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/google-will-highlight-the-rule-blocking-the-crawl-1536x986.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1586px) 100vw, 1586px\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>If you want a blocked page indexed, you should edit the directive in your robots.txt file to allow Google to crawl the&nbsp;page.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"further-reading\"><div class=\"reading-title\">Further reading<\/div><div class=\"reading-content\">\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/robots-txt\/\">Robots.txt and SEO: Everything You Need to&nbsp;Know<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-167539-_io7vgkujpvui\"><\/a>Check for rogue canonical tags<\/h3>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/canonical-tags\/\">canonical tag<\/a> tells Google which version of a group of similar pages it should index. It looks something like&nbsp;this:<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&lt;link rel=\u201ccanonical\u201d href=\u201c\/page.html\u201d\/&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Most pages either have no canonical tag, or what\u2019s called a self-referencing canonical tag. That tells Google the page itself is the preferred and probably the only version. In other words, you want this page to be indexed.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>However, if your page has a rogue canonical tag, then it could be telling Google about a preferred version that doesn\u2019t exist or that you don\u2019t want indexed.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>To check for a rogue canonical, use the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/9012289?hl=en\">URL inspection tool<\/a> in Google Search Console. You\u2019ll see an \u201cAlternative page with canonical tag\u201d warning if the canonical points to another page.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1298\" height=\"596\" class=\"wp-image-167559\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/what-youll-see-if-theres-a-rogue-canonical-tag.png\" alt=\"What you'll see if there's a rogue canonical tag\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/what-youll-see-if-theres-a-rogue-canonical-tag.png 1298w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/what-youll-see-if-theres-a-rogue-canonical-tag-680x312.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/what-youll-see-if-theres-a-rogue-canonical-tag-768x353.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1298px) 100vw, 1298px\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>If this shouldn\u2019t be there, and you want to index the page, remove the canonical tag.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Another trick is to look for the \u201cNon-canonical page in sitemap\u201d error in Ahrefs\u2019 Site Audit. In these cases, you\u2019re sending conflicting signals to Google. That\u2019s not good if you want pages indexed.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"140\" class=\"wp-image-167560\" style=\"width: 494px; height: undefinedpx;\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/word-image-167539-21.png\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/word-image-167539-21.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/word-image-167539-21-680x124.png 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>You should also aim to fix issues with duplicate content because Google is unlikely to index duplicate or near-duplicate pages. Use the <strong>Duplicates <\/strong>report in Site Audit to check for these issues.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1658\" class=\"wp-image-167561\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/duplicate-content-in-ahrefs-site-audit.jpg\" alt=\"Duplicate content in Ahrefs' Site Audit\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/duplicate-content-in-ahrefs-site-audit.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/duplicate-content-in-ahrefs-site-audit-525x425.jpg 525w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/duplicate-content-in-ahrefs-site-audit-768x622.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/duplicate-content-in-ahrefs-site-audit-1536x1244.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about how to fix these issues in <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/duplicate-content\/\">our guide to duplicate content<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-167539-_25ihibxa3ppd\"><\/a>Check for nofollow internal links<\/h3>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Nofollow links are links with a rel=\u201cnofollow\u201d tag. Google may or may not crawl them, so it\u2019s best not to use&nbsp;them.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Finding them is easy enough. Just go to the <strong>Links<\/strong> report in Site Audit and look for the \u201cPage has nofollow incoming internal links only\u201d warning.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1036\" height=\"134\" class=\"wp-image-167562\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-nofollowed-internal-links-in-ahrefs-site.png\" alt=\"Finding nofollowed internal links in Ahrefs' Site Audit\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-nofollowed-internal-links-in-ahrefs-site.png 1036w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-nofollowed-internal-links-in-ahrefs-site-680x88.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/finding-nofollowed-internal-links-in-ahrefs-site-768x99.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1036px) 100vw, 1036px\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Remove the nofollow tag from these internal links, assuming that you want Google to index the page. If not, either delete the page or noindex it.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"further-reading\"><div class=\"reading-title\">Further reading<\/div><div class=\"reading-content\">\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/nofollow-links\/\">What Is a Nofollow Link? Everything You Need to Know (No Jargon!)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-167539-_88f4fhge6zr7\"><\/a>Check for internal link opportunities<\/h3>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/internal-links-for-seo\/\">Internal links<\/a> do more than help Google discover new pages. They also help to boost their <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/google-pagerank\/\">PageRank<\/a> and signal their importance. By adding more relevant internal links to important pages, you may be able to improve your chances of Google indexing (and ranking) them.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a super quick way to find opportunities:<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Head to the Internal Link Opportunities report in Site&nbsp;Audit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drop your URL into the search bar, and make sure the drop down is set to \u201cTarget page\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find internal link opportunities from \u201cSource pages\u201d that don\u2019t already link to your target page<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Publish them instantly, without dev support, using <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/patches\">Ahrefs\u2019 Patches feature<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>For example, if we search for mentions of \u201cSEO tips\u201d on pages that don\u2019t already link to <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/seo-tips\/\">our list of SEO tips<\/a>, we get 67 results:<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1896\" height=\"867\" class=\"wp-image-192490\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-3.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-3.jpg 1896w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-3-680x311.jpg 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-3-768x351.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-3-1536x702.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1896px) 100vw, 1896px\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>If we open one of these results and search for this mention on the page, here\u2019s what we&nbsp;see:<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1284\" height=\"148\" class=\"wp-image-167564\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/example-internal-linking-opportunity-for-one-of-ou.png\" alt=\"Example internal linking opportunity for one of our articles\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/example-internal-linking-opportunity-for-one-of-ou.png 1284w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/example-internal-linking-opportunity-for-one-of-ou-680x78.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/example-internal-linking-opportunity-for-one-of-ou-768x89.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>This is a perfect place to add an internal link to our list of SEO&nbsp;tips.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>If you add internal links to a page, it\u2019s worth plugging it into the URL Inspection tool in Google Search Console and clicking \u201cRequest indexing\u201d. This tells Google something on the page has changed and prompts them to recrawl.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1256\" height=\"660\" class=\"wp-image-167565\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-request-indexing-in-google-search-console-1.png\" alt=\"How to request indexing in Google Search Console\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-request-indexing-in-google-search-console-1.png 1256w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-request-indexing-in-google-search-console-1-680x357.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-request-indexing-in-google-search-console-1-768x404.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1256px) 100vw, 1256px\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>This may speed up the process of them discovering the internal link and consequently, the page you want indexing.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-167539-_kf0o8ja8k0y6\"><\/a>Check for crawl budget issues<\/h3>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/crawl-budget\/\">Crawl budget<\/a> is how fast and how many pages a search engine wants to crawl on your site. If this number exceeds your crawl budget, some won\u2019t get crawled or indexed. This is why you need to keep the number of low-quality pages on your site to a minimum.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/webmasters.googleblog.com\/2017\/01\/what-crawl-budget-means-for-googlebot.html\">what Google says<\/a> on the matter:<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Wasting server resources on [low-value-add pages] will drain crawl activity from pages that do actually have value, which may cause a significant delay in discovering <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/how-to-write-great-content\/\">great content<\/a> on a&nbsp;site.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Google does state that \u201ccrawl budget [\u2026] is not something most publishers have to worry about,\u201d and that \u201cif a site has fewer than a few thousand URLs, most of the time it will be crawled efficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Still, removing low-quality pages from your website is never a bad thing. It can only have a positive effect on your site\u2019s crawl budget.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>You can use <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/content-audit\/\">our content audit template<\/a> to find potentially low-quality pages that can be deleted.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"further-reading\"><div class=\"reading-title\">Further reading<\/div><div class=\"reading-content\">\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/crawl-budget\/\">What Is Crawl Budget and Should SEOs Worry about&nbsp;It?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-167539-_eso1j6xcadaf\"><\/a>Final thoughts<\/h2>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Every website needs to be indexed to stand any chance of getting traffic from Google. But being indexed doesn\u2019t automatically mean you\u2019ll rank for anything. It simply means that you\u2019re in the game, not that you\u2019re anywhere close to winning.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s where SEO comes in\u2014the art of optimizing your website to rank for specific keywords.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>In short, SEO involves:<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Finding what your customers are searching for (<a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/seo\/keyword-research\" data-ahr=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/keyword-research\/\">keyword research<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creating content about those topics (<a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/seo\/seo-content\" data-ahr=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/seo-content\/\">SEO content<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optimizing the pages (<a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/seo\/on-page-seo\" data-ahr=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/on-page-seo\/\">on-page SEO<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Getting backlinks from other sites (<a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/seo\/link-building\" data-ahr=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/link-building\/\">link building<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keeping your site technically sound (<a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/seo\/technical-seo\" data-ahr=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/technical-seo\/\">technical SEO<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re new to SEO, read <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/seo\">our SEO guide for beginners<\/a> or watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DvwS7cV9GmQ\">this video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But how do you know if your site\u2019s in Google\u2019s index, and how do you get it there if&nbsp;not? If you want a rough idea of how many pages on your website Google has indexed, go to Google, search for<span class=\"ellipsis\">\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more \u203a<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[335,329],"tags":[],"coauthors":[336,464],"class_list":["post-27365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-seo","category-technical-seo","odd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Get Google to Index Your Website<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Having trouble getting Google to index your website? 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