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My recent experience doesn't match the experience described by the OP. I recently logged into google and asked that they index my domain (djhaskin.com). They a
by djha-skin 2y ago
My recent experience doesn't match the experience described by the OP.
I recently logged into google and asked that they index my domain (djhaskin.com). They asked me to put a TXT record in there proving I owned it and I did so. Then their "website console" thing showed that my website was indexed[1]. They have a console for this stuff now[2]. They recently showed me a page in there where that displayed some URLs that weren't indexed and which were. I requested a re-index of one of the non-indexed URLs, but the others were just broken/junk/RSS feed urls, so it was fine that they weren't indexed. The console gave me a ton of tools for making sure my site was indexed, and told me why if it wasn't.
I had plenty of tools to get my site indexed and felt like I was in control. I don't feel any sense of mystery about what is happening and I receive notifications when indexing fails.
1: https://1drv.ms/i/s!AoAOaR6dYP8RgcEAmUu_3ZrInrzbLw https://1drv.ms/i/s!AoAOaR6dYP8RgcEAmUu_3ZrInrzbLw
2: https://search.google.com/search-console https://search.google.com/search-console
- vincent_s 2y agoThat's great, you've done the right thing. As your site grows, keep an eye on the "Crawled - currently not indexed" row.
- candiddevmike 2y agoIm seeing this across so many pages. They're unique--docs and about pages for products I built--and Google refuses to index them.
- dotancohen 2y agoDo you have clear links to those pages from indexed pages? Do you have a site map, or are you relying on Google indexing everything from the menu and footers?
- hackerbeat 2y agoThe console has been around forever and getting a few sites “indexed” means nothing these days. Google will show these to a handful people a day to make you believe they care.