Submit pages to Google and other search engines
Submit pages one at a time or in bulk within the daily quota, turn on daily auto-submit, inspect a page and set up IndexNow.
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Once you know which pages are not indexed, you can ask Google to look at them. Submitting does not guarantee indexing, but it gets a new or changed page seen sooner. There is a daily limit, so the screen helps you spend it on the right pages.
By the end you can
- Submit one page or a selection to Google
- Turn on daily auto-submit
- Check a page with Google's URL Inspection
- Notify Bing and other engines through IndexNow
Screens used
- Project, Pages
Before you start
- Pages discovered (see the previous lesson).
- Editor role or higher in the project.
Steps
- 1
Check today's quota
On: Project, PagesAbove the table a counter shows how many submissions you have used today out of the daily limit, for example 3 / 10. It resets at midnight UTC.
You should see: You know how many submissions are left today.
- 2
Submit one page
On: Project, PagesOn a page's row press Submit to Google. For a page submitted before that Google has still not indexed, the button reads Resubmit to Google.
You should see: The row's Submitted column shows it was sent.
- 3
Submit several pages
On: Project, PagesTick the pages you want, or Select all, then press the submit button in the bar that appears. If you selected more than today's quota allows, the bar says how many fit today.
You should see: The selected pages show as submitted, up to the quota.
- 4
Turn on daily auto-submit
On: Project, PagesPress Auto-submit off to turn it on. Every morning at 06:00 UTC it submits pages from the queue up to the daily quota, and stops by itself when the queue is empty.
You should see: The button reads Auto-submit on, and waiting pages show Queued.
- 5
Inspect a page
On: Project, PagesPress the eye icon on a row to run Google's URL Inspection for that address.
You should see: The Indexed column updates with Google's answer for that page.
- 6
Download a sitemap
On: Project, PagesPress Sitemap to build a sitemap.xml from the current list and download it, ready to upload to the website.
You should see: A sitemap.xml file downloads.
- 7
Set up IndexNow for other search engines
On: Project, PagesOpen IndexNow. Google submissions use Google's own Indexing API; Bing, Yandex, Naver and Seznam are notified through IndexNow once a key file is served from the website. Copy Your key, create the file it describes at the root of the domain, or press Install on for a site published with ItzSEO.
You should see: The domain shows as verified.
Tips
- Spend the quota on new pages and pages you have just improved. Resubmitting an unchanged page rarely helps.
- If a page stays unindexed after weeks, the cause is usually the content or a technical block. Audit the page.
Troubleshooting
- "Daily quota exhausted".
- Wait until midnight UTC, or turn on Auto-submit so the rest go the next morning.
- A row shows Failed.
- Hover the row to see the reason, fix it, then submit again.
One row per shot, in the same order as the guide. Estimated length 3:04, recorded signed in as Owner. Use made-up data only. How to record
Say: Submit pages to Google and other search engines. Submit pages one at a time or in bulk within the daily quota, turn on daily auto-submit, inspect a page and set up IndexNow.
Hold until you see: Lesson title on screen for three seconds.
Say: Above the table a counter shows how many submissions you have used today out of the daily limit, for example 3 / 10. It resets at midnight UTC.
Hold until you see: You know how many submissions are left today.
Say: On a page's row press Submit to Google. For a page submitted before that Google has still not indexed, the button reads Resubmit to Google.
Hold until you see: The row's Submitted column shows it was sent.
Say: Tick the pages you want, or Select all, then press the submit button in the bar that appears. If you selected more than today's quota allows, the bar says how many fit today.
Hold until you see: The selected pages show as submitted, up to the quota.
Say: Press Auto-submit off to turn it on. Every morning at 06:00 UTC it submits pages from the queue up to the daily quota, and stops by itself when the queue is empty.
Hold until you see: The button reads Auto-submit on, and waiting pages show Queued.
Say: Press the eye icon on a row to run Google's URL Inspection for that address.
Hold until you see: The Indexed column updates with Google's answer for that page.
Say: Press Sitemap to build a sitemap.xml from the current list and download it, ready to upload to the website.
Hold until you see: A sitemap.xml file downloads.
Say: Open IndexNow. Google submissions use Google's own Indexing API; Bing, Yandex, Naver and Seznam are notified through IndexNow once a key file is served from the website. Copy Your key, create the file it describes at the root of the domain, or press Install on for a site published with ItzSEO.
Hold until you see: The domain shows as verified.
Say: That is submit pages to Google and other search engines. The written steps are on this lesson's page in the ItzSEO course.
Hold until you see: End card with the lesson link.
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