Soft 404 Errors, Noindex and Blocked Pages
What a soft 404 error is, how a stray noindex tag or robots.txt rule hides pages from Google, and the exact fixes for Apache, WordPress and simple PHP sites.
Tag: Indexing
How to Create an XML Sitemap
Learn how to create an XML sitemap step by step: what goes in the file, which pages to leave out, size limits, and how to add it to robots.txt and Search Console.
Index Faster Cheat: Get a New Post Into Google Sooner
Link the new post from a page Google already visits often, keep it in your sitemap, and request indexing once. Then leave it alone.
Orphan Page Cheat: Find Unlinked Pages Without Tools
Find pages no other page links to, then link each one from your three strongest posts. No paid crawler needed.
How to Check If a Page Is Indexed by Google
Check a page's Google index status with a site: search and the URL Inspection tool, learn the common reasons pages are not indexed and what to do about each.
Do URL Indexing Tools Improve SEO Results?
Indexing is not ranking. Here is what Google says about indexing tools, why some pages never stick, and what SEO results you can realistically expect.
Roofing Near Me: Can an Indexer Help You Rank?
Fast indexing will not put a roofing company in the map pack. Learn how Google ranks local results and what roofers can do to show up for near me searches.
Rapid URL Indexer Review: How It Works
What Rapid URL Indexer is, how its credits and refunds work, what it can and cannot do, and the free Google and Bing tools you should try before paying.
How to List Your Site in Search Engines
Google and Bing do not take paid submissions. Here is how to list your site for free with Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools, sitemaps and IndexNow.
Accident Lawyer SEO: Can a URL Indexer Help?
Fast indexing will not win a personal injury search. Here is how Google judges legal pages, where indexers fit, and what accident lawyers should focus on.
How to Fix 'Crawled – Currently Not Indexed' for Small Blogs
Google crawled your post but left it out of the index. Here is how a small blog can triage those URLs, improve or merge thin pages and get the keepers indexed.
Social Bookmarking Sites That Still Get Indexed (and How to Check)
Most bookmark pages never reach Google's index. Here is why, plus a simple 30-day method to find the bookmarking sites that still work for your links.
