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Indexation

Indexation is the process by which a search engine adds a page to its searchable index. Discovered ≠ Crawled ≠ Indexed ≠ Ranked. Google Search Console's Pages report is the diagnostic starting point; the IndexNow protocol (Bing/Yandex) lets you push URLs for faster indexing.

Indexation is the process by which a search engine adds a page to its searchable index. Discovered ≠ Crawled ≠ Indexed ≠ Ranked. Google Search Console's Pages report is the diagnostic starting point; the IndexNow protocol (Bing/Yandex) lets you push URLs for faster indexing.

What is Indexation?

Indexation is the process by which a search engine adds a page to its searchable index. Discovered ≠ Crawled ≠ Indexed ≠ Ranked. Google Search Console's Pages report is the diagnostic starting point; the IndexNow protocol (Bing/Yandex) lets you push URLs for faster indexing.

Details and examples

Diagnostic order: sitemap submitted? → blocked by robots.txt? → has noindex? → replaced by canonical? → content too thin so it falls into 'Discovered – currently not indexed'?

Related terms

IndexNow, Sitemap.xml, Canonical Tag.

Indexation · term at a glance

Indexation · term at a glance
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Frequently asked questions

What is Indexation?

Indexation is the process by which a search engine adds a page to its searchable index. Discovered ≠ Crawled ≠ Indexed ≠ Ranked. Google Search Console's Pages report is the diagnostic starting point; the IndexNow protocol (Bing/Yandex) lets you push URLs for faster indexing.

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