Getting Indexed

How search engines discover, crawl, and index URLs — sitemaps, internal links, IndexNow and pings, why pages stall in 'Discovered, not indexed,' and what actually speeds things up.

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Getting Indexed Robots.txt or Noindex? Which One to Use for Tag Pages, Thank-You Pages, and Staging Sites

Robots.txt or Noindex? Which One to Use for Tag Pages, Thank-You Pages, and Staging Sites

One controls crawling, the other controls indexing, and using the wrong one is why a page you blocked still s…

Sep 08, 2026

Getting Indexed PDFs on Your Website: Getting Them Crawled, Indexed, and Actually Useful

PDFs on Your Website: Getting Them Crawled, Indexed, and Actually Useful

A PDF on your site is a URL like any other — it can be crawled, indexed, and found. Why most site PDFs never…

Aug 31, 2026

Getting Indexed IndexNow, Step by Step: What It Does, Which Search Engines Use It, and How to Set It Up

IndexNow, Step by Step: What It Does, Which Search Engines Use It, and How to Set It Up

IndexNow lets you tell participating search engines the moment a URL is added, updated, or deleted — instead…

Aug 19, 2026

Getting Indexed Your Page Is Indexed but Getting Zero Impressions — What Now

Your Page Is Indexed but Getting Zero Impressions — What Now

Indexed but no impressions means the page is eligible and never selected. How to rule out reporting artefacts…

Aug 13, 2026

Getting Indexed How to Get a New Website Indexed: Crawling, Sitemaps, and Indexing Signals Explained

How to Get a New Website Indexed: Crawling, Sitemaps, and Indexing Signals Explained

How search engines discover, crawl, and index URLs — and what you can honestly do to speed it up: sitemaps, i…

Jul 05, 2026