Organic Traffic is a major deal to any website or blogs to succeed online in a longer run.. If you are owning blogs but not getting organic traffic, there may be a reason that your blog posts are yet to be indexed on Google. If you are facing blog post indexing issues, here comes the solid solution.
In this article, you will read out 8 best working strategies on how to index articles on Google quickly.
Writing a well-researched search engine optimized content and publishing the same on your blog is obviously not just an easy task. It demands more effort and time as well. But, anyone with good experience in the content writing and blogging field can do the process. The even more toughest task is getting the published blog posts indexed on Google.
If your blog posts are not indexed on Google, then there is no chance of getting organic traffic. No organic traffic means no regular business to websites or blogs you own.
Remember, Organic Traffic is the best traffic source to earn regular income from your blog. To gain organic traffic, your blog as well as blog posts must be indexed.
Let me separate the article into two different sections. In section 1, I will explain how to get google index your blog and in the 2nd section, I will write down the strategies to quickly index blog posts on Google.
Let’s get started with section 1
Before getting into the process, I will show you how to check whether your blog or even blog post is already getting indexed or not in Google.
Open Google.com and in the search bar type ‘site:bloggingnavigation.com’ you can type any domain with the extension of your choice. I have taken Bloggingnavigation.com as an example.
As you can see in the image below, the bloggingnavigation.com is shown and it means the website has been indexed by Google. Also, look at the number of results, [About 190 results] that means there are 190 pages that have been indexed on Google from Blogging Navigation.
This is how you check the index status of any websites or even blog posts. The web pages that are indexed on Google only get SERP rankings.
How To Index Your Blog Fast on Google
Get your Blog Verified in Google Search Console
Google Search Console is a free tool offered by Google to monitor the activities of the website like indexing status, number of clicks and impressions received, keywords position, crawling issues etc…
Soon after, you launch your blog. You need to verify your site with a search console for faster indexing of websites.
Create your free account at Google Search Console. You can use your Gmail address. Once you’re logged into the console account, You will see the search property bar on your left hand side which is below the GSC logo.
Click on it and then Click ‘Add Property’. Moving to the next step, you have to enter your domain URL and click ‘Continue’. Refer to the image below.
Once you click continue, you will be provided with a verification code to verify your ownership with the blog. You have to copy and paste the code to your WordPress blog header.php file.
As a simple method, you can install the ‘Insert Header and Footer’ free WordPress plugin and paste the verification code on the plugin without touching any codes.
That’s it. Your blog will sooner get verified and ready to be indexed on Google.
Submit Your Blog Sitemap
Sitemap is a kind of file that can be accessible via a Link after being created. A sitemap includes all the URL of the websites and whenever the new page or posts are added, the same will be added directly to the sitemap that makes it easy for Google crawlers to be aware of new pages.
There are some plugins available in which you can create your XML sitemap for free. Yoast SEO, RankMath and Google XML Sitemap are the popular WordPress plugins that help users create a free sitemap in just a few clicks.
Once you generated sitemap using any one of the plugins, you will be given an unique URL that looks like https://bloggingnavigation.com/sitemap_index.xml
Now, login to your Google search console account. Choose your website property for which you want to add a sitemap. On your left side, you will see the option sitemap under the index. Click on the sitemap and you will be requested to provide your sitemap URL generated using the plugin.
Just copy and paste the sitemap URL and hit the submit button. That’s the process. Your sitemap will be submitted.
Within a few days, your website will get indexed on Google. You can check the index status of your website by following the easy manual method I mentioned above.
Once your blog gets indexed on Google, there are possibilities that your target keywords may get rankings on SERP depending on how good the website is in terms of search engine optimization techniques.
Let’s get started with section 2
How To Index Article on Google – 8+ Best Working Tips 2023
If you follow section 1 properly as said, then without any further process, whatever you publish on your blog whether it may be blog posts or pages will get indexed by Google automatically.
But, the index process takes some time that no one can predict as Google bots index the pages and posts depending on some algorithms.
If you want to get your blog posts indexed on Google faster, then you can try to follow the strategies mentioned below.
Share Your Blog Posts to Social Media Websites
The more time you spend for promotion after the post is published the quicker your blog posts get indexed on Google.
Social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest etc… are the best places where you can drop your published blog posts URLs and grab Google’s attention quickly.
Not just Google’s attention but also sharing your article links help you gain some instant traffic to the blog posts.
Manual Post Indexing on Google Search Console
After publishing the article on website the first most important step is go google search console and click on URL Inspection option which you can find left side corner.
Copy the article URL and paste it on URL inspection and then click on “request indexing” and then google will automatically index your article .
I am applying this same to index my every blog post and it will index within few minutes and sometime it will take 2 to 3 days. so you can apply this same tips for yourself.
Draft The Article and Publish Again
Yes you read correct
Sometime if my article did not index after so long then I will apply this strategies to index my article quickly and trust me this is really proven and tested ways to index your article faster.
So must apply this tips for yourself and let me know in the comment section if it is work for you or not.
Add the Article Links to High Authority Social Bookmarking Sites
Most of the bloggers think the social bookmarking submission process is no longer a trustworthy link building task. Maybe the task won’t help SERP rankings, but submitting your newly published links to social bookmarking sites may help quickly indexing your blog posts.
There is no point submitting the URL to all social bookmarking sites out there. Ensure to check the authority of the sites and then add your links there.
Reddit, Digg and StumbleUpon are good social bookmarking sites where you can add your post links as bookmarks to gain quick indexing.
Try Interlinking to Keep your Readers Stay for Long Time on your Blog
If you are publishing a blog post on your blog, ensure to find out similar posts on your blog and then interlink for relevant anchor texts to the similar blog posts.
Doing such interlinking tasks make your readers not leave your blog just after reading one single post. The visitors may be used to reading other posts too, if the interlinking is well handled in your posts.
The process decreases your blog bounce rate as well as help the blog posts get quickly indexed on Google and other popular search engines as well.
Add Social Media Sharing Buttons To Your Blog Posts
As you see in the image, I have enabled social media sharing buttons below the blog post as well as on the left hand side.
A blog post with good social signals (number of social media shares that the post gets) will easily get indexed on Google in no time.
There are too many plugins available in both free and premium versions to enable the social media sharing buttons on your blog. Get one best plugin and activate it on your blog to gain social media shares and get your blog posts instantly indexed on Google.
Participate in Facebook Groups Weekly Promotional Threads
Nowadays, almost every blogger owns a Facebook group on behalf of his/her blogs. So, you have to search for the groups related to your niche.
On every FB group, once in a week, the group admin runs a promotional thread in which other group members can post their blog post URL to gain shares from other members.
Join in such groups and ensure to know about the group promotional thread activities, read the regulations as well and drop your link there to get maximum shares. Your blog posts may get indexed sooner on Google.
Post Blog Contents in your Blog on a Regular Basis
You need a good amount of blog posts to be published in your blog on a regular interval to gain authority among your readers as well as from Google crawlers.
Websites or Blogs with high authorization scores get indexed quickly on Google compared to blogs with very low authorization scores.
If you publish interesting yet quality content in your blog regularly, it does give your readers trust and they may keep on visiting your blog to read more stuff. Google will also consider such blogs as good one and offer fast indexing.
Submit your Blog to Blog Directories
Blog directories sites are almost similar to social bookmarking. Possibly, you can submit your blog URL to the best directories to gain authority and fast indexing your posts on Google.
Make sure to check the DA and spam score of the directories you submit your URL. Also, check whether the directories you add URL to are somewhat related to your niche or accepts categories of your niche.
Submitting your links to spam directory sites gets your SERP rankings down. Sometimes it will get your links de-indexed in Google. So, submit your link, only if you find the directory an authorized one.
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Mobile-Friendly Blogs Easily get Index on Google
It’s hard to find people using desktop or PC to browse the internet. After the smartphone evolution, the usage became less. So, the blog or website you develop must be mobile-friendly as well as well optimized for mobile devices.
Google loves posts and pages that are optimized for mobile devices when it comes to indexing and ranking. So, if you focus on building your blog, work better on the mobile optimization tasks.
Before trying all the said strategies in both the sections 1 and 2, there should be a WordPress setting you need to check. Otherwise, whatever you do, your blog posts and blog will not get indexed on Google.
Firstly, your WordPress blog should allow your web contents to be visible on Search Engines.
Login to your WordPress blog and on the left hand side menu, click settings and then click Readings. In the page, you will see the option called Search Engine Visibility, ensure to uncheck the option to let search engines crawl your content.
If you failed to uncheck the option, there is no point in trying all the said strategies in the post.
Even after trying all these and your blog posts and pages do not get indexed, login to your Google Search Console, scroll down, on your left side, you will see ‘Manual Actions’ under the tab security and manual actions. Click on the ‘Manual Actions’ button to find if any crawling issues are there.
Frequently Asked Questions on How To Index Article on Google
How Long Does it Take for a Blog Post to Get Indexed on Google?
It totally depends on the blog or website you own. New blogs may take some time like 2 to 3 days whereas sites with good authority possibly get indexed within one or two hours soon after the post is published.
Is Verifying the Site Ownership with Google Search Console a Mandatory Task?
Yes, it’s a mandatory task. Without verifying, Google won’t identify your site and do not crawl your blog pages. If Google failed to crawl, then there will be no possibilities in indexing your blog posts and pages
What is the Necessity of Indexing Articles on Google
The blog with no index status never seen on Google search results. So, probably you might face the risk of no viewers to your blog. Compared to Social Media Traffic and Referral Traffic, the organic traffic only converts most of the time. No index means no organic traffic.
Does Link Building Help My Post Get Indexed on Google?
Of course, yes. The more quality links you build for the particular blog post or page, the sooner your blog posts will get indexed on Google.
Conclusion
Getting indexed on Google is one important thing that any blog or website on the internet should take care of.
Following the best working strategies explained in the blog post would definitely help bloggers to get their blog posts index status sooner on Google and other search engines.
Section 1 of the post is more important as you must create a sitemap for your blog and submit it to GSC in order to gain index status. Section 2 is exclusively for getting blog posts indexed on Google faster.
Share the Post on your Social Media Profiles. Also, let me know if you are a blogger and know any better ways (I may have missed some strategies that work best for you) to quickly index the blog posts, drop your strategies in the comment box.
