\n This article brings together answers to the questions about crawling and indexing that we at
\n Google hear most often.\n<\/p>\n
Crawling<\/a> and indexing<\/a> \n Learn how to get your site on Google<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \n In general, the most common reason that a site is not indexed is because it’s just too new; be \n Here are the other common reasons why a website or parts of a website might not be indexed yet:\n<\/p>\n \n For more information, check out Why is my page missing from Google Search?<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \n Use a Generally, duplicate content is not<\/b> a violation of \n You should choose whatever is easiest for you to organize and manage. From an indexing No, at least not directly. However, cleaning up your HTML makes your site We recommend always hosting your content directly using your domain name. Using a Crawling and indexing of pages within a website can take some time. While there’s no Yes! Provided these technologies serve pages that are visible in a browser, without Verify your site in Search Console<\/a>, Learn how you can ask Google to index or recrawl your website by reading through our list of frequently asked questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"menu_order":5001,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ar_kb_kategori":[667],"ar_kb_etiket":[],"class_list":["post-23733","ar_kb","type-ar_kb","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ar_kb_kategori-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ar_kb\/23733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ar_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ar_kb"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ar_kb\/23733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23737,"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ar_kb\/23733\/revisions\/23737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ar_kb_kategori","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ar_kb_kategori?post=23733"},{"taxonomy":"ar_kb_etiket","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ar_kb_etiket?post=23733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n are processes that take some time and rely on many factors. In general, we cannot make
\n predictions or guarantees about when or if your URLs will be crawled or indexed. When
\n looking at your site’s indexing in Search Console, make sure that you have both the “www” and the
\n “non-www” versions (like “www.example.com” and “example.com”) verified. Keep in mind that while a
\n sitemap file<\/a> can help us learn about
\n your site, it does not guarantee indexing or increase your site’s ranking.<\/p>\nWhy isn’t my site indexed?<\/h2>\n
\n patient and ask Google to crawl and index it<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n
\n itself is even explicitly blocking crawling or indexing<\/a>?<\/li>\n
\n crawl errors<\/a>
\n in Search Console in this case.<\/li>\n
\n and hasn’t been hacked<\/a>
\n or otherwise modified by a third party.<\/li>\n
\n causing issues. In this case, you may wish to submit a
\n reconsideration request<\/a>
\n detailing the change of content and ownership.<\/li>\n
\n guidelines for moving a site<\/a>.<\/li>\n
\n requested removal through Search Console<\/a>. You can cancel these requests by using the
\n Removals Tool<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nI have the same content available on two domains. How do I tell Google
\n that the two domains are the same site?<\/h2>\n301<\/code> redirect to direct traffic from the alternative domain (example2.org) to your
\n preferred domain (example.com). This tells Google to always look for your content in one
\n location, and is the best way to ensure that Google (and other search engines) can crawl
\n and index your site correctly. Ranking signals (such as PageRank or incoming links) will
\n be passed appropriately across 301<\/code> redirects. If you’re changing domains, read about the
\n best practices for making the move<\/a>.\n<\/p>\nDo I have duplicate content? Am I being penalized for it? What should I do about it?<\/h2>\n
\n Google’s spam policies<\/a>. For more
\n information, read our article on
\n Demystifying the “duplicate content penalty”<\/a>.
\n If you’re still concerned or want to know more, read these articles:<\/p>\n\n
Is it better to use subfolders or subdomains?<\/h2>\n
\n and ranking perspective, Google doesn’t have a preference.<\/p>\nDoes validating my site’s code (with a tool such as the W3C validator) help my
\n site’s ranking in Google?<\/h2>\n
\n render better in a
\n variety of browsers<\/a> and more accessible.<\/p>\nI’m using a hosting service for my site that uses frames,
\n “masked redirects”, or “masked forwarding”. Will this affect my site’s crawling, indexing,
\n or ranking?<\/h2>\n
\n forwarding service that uses frames will generally make crawling, indexing, and ranking
\n of your content using your domain name impossible.<\/p>\nI changed some text on my pages. Why isn’t it updated in search results?<\/h2>\n
\n way to force an update, here are some tips that may help to speed this process up:<\/p>\n\n
\n sure to update the last modification date<\/a>.<\/li>\n
\n will generally allow crawlers to find updated content quicker.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nMy website uses pages made with PHP, ASP, CGI, JSP, CFM, etc. Will these still get indexed?<\/h2>\n
\n special plugins installed or enabled, Google will generally be able to crawl, index,
\n and rank them without problems. We have no preference; they’re all equivalent in terms
\n of crawling, indexing, and ranking, as long as we can crawl them.<\/p>\nI recently purchased a domain
\n that was previously associated with a spammy website. What can I do to make sure that
\n spammy history doesn’t affect my site now?<\/h2>\n
\n then check to see if there’s a manual action in the
\n Manual Actions report<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"