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How to Get My Site indexed by Google

Learn how to add a WordPress website to Google's search directory and Google's Search Results Page.

Updated over 3 months ago

Any WordPress website, regarding the active theme used, can be set up and configured to be indexed and displayed in Google's Search Results Page.

Ensure that Google has access to the website

WordPress can prevent Google from accessing/reading/indexing your website.

You can go to your WordPress Dashboard β†’ Settings β†’ Reading and ensure that Discourage search engines from indexing this site option is disabled.

Allow Google to index the website

Add the website to Google's Search Console

To ensure Google is aware of your website and starts crawling it as soon as possible, the website should be added to Google's Search Console.

  1. From the Search Form, add the website using the Add Property option

    Add a new property in Google Search Console

  2. Select the URL prefix option for the Property Type:

    Use the URL prefix to verify the ownership of the website

  3. Enter your website domain. Example: https://my-domain.com and click Continue

  4. Follow the on-screen steps to Verify the Ownership of the domain

    Completet the ownership verficiation process

  5. Download the provided HTML file and upload it to the Root of your website.

  6. Click on Verify The Ownership, and the verified message will be displayed

    Ownership completed

Configure the website's SEO

  1. Install and activate Rank Math SEO. Check their documentation to learn how to configure the Rank Math SEO plugin by accessing this link.

  2. For each page/post/product and project, set the SEO details

  3. Go to the Rank Math SEO β†’ Sitemap Settings

  4. Click on the Sitemap Index URL and copy its address to your clipboard

    Acess the website's Sitemap

  5. Go back to Google Search Console

  6. Click on Indexing β†’ Sitemap

  7. Add the sitemap URL

  8. Click on Submit

    Submit the sitemap to Google

  9. If everything goes well, the confirmation message will be displayed:

    Sitemap's confirmation message

Notes:

  • Indexing all the links might take a while, depending on how many pages/posts/projects/products the sitemap contains.

  • After the indexing process is complete, the website will be visible on the Google Search Results page. Please note that it can take several days or weeks to index your website.

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