Asking Google to index your page

Jul 21, 2022

Learn how to ask Google to index a new or updated page faster using the URL inspection tool in Google Search Console and the Request indexing button.

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I stumbled on a discussion on Twitter and saw you can ask Google to index a specific page that you just wrote, so it’s indexed (added to the Google results) faster.

I think this is only useful for new websites, so as I’m working on a new website I figured I’d test it.

Assuming you have set up your domain on Google Search Console (do it if not) go on URL inspection and enter the page you want to be indexed at the top, press enter to see this appear:

Google Search Console URL Inspection page showing URL is not on Google with REQUEST INDEXING button

Click “Request indexing”, wait a few seconds… done!

Google Search Console success modal displaying Indexing requested confirmation message

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