Introduction
One of the most frequent questions I am asked is, “How do I get my site indexed by Google?”
This post is my attempt to answer that question.
If I have left anything out or you know of any other way to get indexed quickly then please share with the class by leaving a comment below.
1. Submit your RSS feed
If you have a new blog then you most likely already have an RSS feed created for you.
What’s you want to do is make sure that you submit your RSS feed to various RSS feed aggregators. You can read more about submitting your feeds and a list of directories here:
Submit Your RSS Feeds to RSS Directories
The most important of these is Google reader:
http://www.google.com/reader/
If you don’t have an account with Google reader I highly suggest that you get one. Whenever you submit a new RSS feed to follow with Google reader it notifies Google of the site’s existence.
2. Google bookmarks
Google along with other major search engines has given people the ability to have their own customized home page. Part of this customization includes having a list of bookmarks of sites the user wants to visit again.
Anytime Google sees a bookmark on someone’s page I suspect that they add it to their list of sites to visit.
If you’re not familiar with the Google homepage just go to:
http://www.google.com/ig
Hotmail and Yahoo also offer similar services and I highly recommend you take advantage of them.
3. Use Craigslist
Another creative way for Google to notice your new site is to get a link on Craigslist.
Now this is a little gray hat or black hat depending on who you ask so please don’t abuse it.
So what you want to do is go to Craigslist for some large city like Chicago and then look for Gigs and then for writing.
You’re going to post something under Gigs >> Writing about how you are looking for a potential writer for your blog.
Be sure to include a link to your website with the proper keywords in the anchor tag.
For example:
<a href="http://mysite.com">My keywords here</a>
Google crawls Craigslist frequently and will find your link.
I highly suggest doing this only once in one city.
Another side benefit of this is that you might actually find a good writer to help you produce content for your site.
Please don’t abuse this.
4. Post comments on blogs that don’t use nofollow
Posting relevant comments on blogs that don’t have nofollow in their links is another great way to get indexed very fast.
For more information on how to find blogs that don’t use nofollow go here:
Why nofollow matters and how to find blogs that don’t use it
5. Buy links
If you have some money and very little time then simply buying some links might be the easiest way to go.
There are several services out there including:
http://www.textlinkbrokers.com
6. Article marketing
Writing articles and submitting them to Ezine Articles is another good way to get indexed quickly.
I have covered article marketing in depth in several previous blog posts:
7. Social media
Social media can be a great way for you to get exposure to your site. But submitting your site to zillions of different social media sites can be a major pain.
Services like onlywire.com have really simplified this process.
I made a short video that shows you how onlywire works:
http://nickstraffictricks.com/1570_video-social-bookmarking-made-easy/
8. Link exchanges
Link exchanges are one of the oldest ways for people to get exposure to their website and get indexed.
You can search Google looking for link exchanges but that’s kind of a pain and can be very time consuming.
Luckily there are services like linked market http://www.linkmarket.com where people looking to exchange links come together.
Also checkout 3 places to find reciprocal linking partners
9. Become the Top Commentator on blogs
This method takes more time than the others but can help you get indexed and build tons of backlinks super fast.
The method involves placing a few comments on a blog so you show up on their list of “Top Commentators” which gives you a backlink to your site. The best part is that this list (with the backlink to your site) is displayed on every page of the blog.
It’s all a little complicated and have written a 1,000 word post detailing the process:
http://nickstraffictricks.com/1620_super-fast-back-links/
10. Get Free One-Way Backlinks
This post will give you a free one-way backlink with no strings attached:
11. Harness The Power Of StumbleUpon
My very best source of traffic is StumbleUpon. Checkout my stats for the last week:
What you need to do is signup for an account with stumbleupon.com and stumble one of your pages on your sites.
Then if you can get one of your friends to stumble it too then you’ll start getting traffic. All you need is 1-3 people to stumble your site.
To help you out, I will stumble your sites if you like:
http://nickstraffictricks.com/can-i-stumble-your-site/
What do you think?
I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment below.
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All good tips Nick…but you missed a couple I use all the time.
One of the fastest ways to get indexed is through Craig's List, but I don't use it the way you do..go to the events/announcement section and just announce your new site…works like a press release…google picks 'em up fast.
The very fastest way I've learned to get indexed is just to register your site for google adwords account…even if you don't plan on buying any traffic…..works like a charm.
Regards,
MichaelB
I agree. I threw a couple press releases out one day and by the end of the week they were already indexed. Adwords are a great way also. I've done the same as Michael has done.
Cheers,
Armando
great tips
Lots of great advice, Nick. I've made a note of these to use for my campaigns later on.
Just wanted to add that while ezinearticles is great and arguable the best article posting website, I've found Hubpages is also very god. It ranked a couple of my pages in less than a day and all I had done was google bookmark it! Granted, my page targeted a long-tail keyword, but it works nonetheless.
Keep up the great posts Nick!
Absea
Oh Hubpages is great too! Thanks.
Thanks for this wonderful collection of resouces.
Hope I get my site more into SEs with your tips and tricks.
Btw, just 78 days left until christmas – Are your Sites ready for the holidays?
Nick, people like you are such a blessing especially for novice bloggers like me. I learned a lot from what you shared and I am grateful that I stopped here in your site.
Thanks!
Hey Nick…
Followed your advice and joined stumble… this is something I would not have thought of… I wish I had done this ages ago!
Thanks for your great tips…
More helpful info….I have a StumbleUpon account but didn't Realise that you had to get someone else to stumble your site as well!!
Never thought about the Google reader as well, totally forgot about that one.
Cheers Nick
Hi Nick i have just watched Chris Farrells Traffic Course Module 9 and he mention you are friends.
So i just had to visit your site!
I think its great and you have helped me even more with finding backlinks.
Thank you
Thanks Craig! Chris has some great stuff.
Another selection of useful tools and tips. I think I'll be using this as my check sheet whenever I create a new website. I've never considered a few of the suggestions so I will be interested to see if they make a difference in getting ranked in search engines quickly.
Wow you got a lot traffic from StumbleUpon Nick, I will try to add my new blog to Google reader
I had managed to become a top commentator on one blog on environment. However, only recently I realized that they have reset the top commentator blog positions. So I am back to zero. Can they actually do that? I am regularly writing articles for ezinearticles. Are they any other platforms which support articles which Google indexes?
I think I will have to go through your article on submitting article feeds as I can't make head or tails what it is about.
Thanks, I think I am going to post a link on craigslist now.
In my experience these scripts reset themselfs every month
It's duplicate content considered by google, because i have old blog (blogspot) then i export to wordpress with new domain but it's really hard to get indexed by google not like new fresh domain and fresh content.
Adding some fresh content to your blog would certainly help you to get indexed.
Hey Nick,
nice tips – for the craiglist one I got lot of flak from the moderators, so you have to be careful what you post were and make it not so obvious
Good point. I'm thinking about removing the part about craigslist.
OK, I'm going to let the cat out of the bag. this is my "secret" — and it's quite a good one.
http://ismysiteindexed.com/
It will tell you if your site is indexed — and also GET it indexed in minutes, with no work.
Pretty cool.
Backlink it's most important to get indexed fast because i have tested with 2 blog and one blog have deep link from other blog, every new post get indexed within 3 minutes but neither with my second blog because i didn't doing links building
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Cool. thanks for redirecting me here!
Great i need this tips, because i just started build new blog and till now haven't index by google.
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Agree with you Nick one-way backlinks it's really helps to get indexed by google
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Nick is true if we leave a comment more than 10 in same day we will get into google sandbox ?
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A lot of the stuff regarding the Google sandbox is a myth. You can get your website indexed by Google rather quickly if you build good content and build lots of back links. You also need to utilize social bookmarking. Look around my website and you'll find blog posts that go cover each one of these.
Maybe i must try article marketing, but i think get update regularly is also good to get indexed by google, because google bot will crawl regularly too.
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Updating your content will help for sure.
Do have try buy links Nick, because many people said google don't like this method.
Thanks
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Many people still do this with success. For example if you paid me $5 for to put a link to you on my website, how would Google know? That said, you don't have to buy links to get indexed.
Its always handy to go to each search engine as soon as your website is complete and type in "add url" you should be given the option to let the search engines know your site now exists. You can quickly get indexed that way
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But mots of social media use nofollow, so how they will help to get indexed by google Nick, can you explain about it.
Sorry for asking Nick because i am newbie
and i just build my blog today, so i must learn how to get indexed.
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There are new popular sites popping up every day and Google wants to know about each one fast as it can. One of the best ways to do this is to monitor social media to see what's becoming popular right now. My understanding is that Google is more likely to index your site quickly if it appears in social media regardless of nofollow. When your site is indexed by Google sends out their crawlers out to find out what your site is about. This is a completely separate issue from ranking high for a particular keyword.
Thank you Nick, now i understand why social media also important to get indexed by google fast and i think i must submit my blog to social media now.
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It looks like stumbleupon is being good to you Nick. I have trouble getting lots of traffic from stumbleupon, but I guess that is because I am more concentrated on the search engines. I think that article marketing is a great way to get links, and get your site indexed the fastest. Especially if you post an article on ezinearticles.com
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Stumble upon is an interesting thing. It can be a great source of traffic for things that are remarkable like things that are funny or shocking or incredibly useful. If your content doesn't fall into one of the categories you probably won't get as much traffic from stumble upon.
Nick,
I have learnt and achieved more regarding backlinks in the short space or reading your blog than any other method.
I am new at Internet Marketing and so grateful that you have taken the time to share.
LOVE your work…
Thank for your article Mr Nick. I will practice one by one your advice how to get more back link and traffic to my site/blog. I like most this article.
Hello Nick
Thx again for all the awesome tips – if I'm really in a hurry I just tweet my pages and they get indexed within a day or 2 pretty quick without spamming them – usually make it the last tweet of the day and only one for the day.
I've never used craiglist before and would like to try them out. Tweeted your post.
Cheers
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Thanks nick, it helped me a lot…
I've tried the ways you mentioned, it is quite helpful to get indexed, but I have one blog and until now still not indexed by google, although I've tried various ways.
Thanks Nick I will follow one by one, hopefully my blog will be indexed by Google
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If you ever need help getting your website indexed by Google just let me know. I can probably help.
It’s all very well getting indexed by Google, the real challenge is getting a decent position on the keywords you are indexed for.
Very true. Getting indexed is only the first step.
Well very informative, well, are links on stumbleUpon dofollow ? Being top commentator on blogs is really great way to build links.
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Where are these links to you are referring to on stumble upon?
Thanks Nick, I will follow your tips
I just started a blog today and hopefully will be indexed by google soon
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Wow thanks for the awesome tips. It can be hard to climb the ladder as fast as you may want to but these will help the process go smother. Thanks again.
Glad to help. Doing just a few of the things will really help you.
I also used these ways when I saw my new blog is not indexing by searchengines like Google. But the problem is Bing hasn't indexed my blog yet.
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What have you done to get your blog indexed by Bing?
I use bing toolbox. And yes, bing index my site. And sorry for 1 year late reply.
What you have mentioned above is all about off page optimization for a website.
I have tons of articles on search engine optimization: http://nickstraffictricks.com/tag/seo/
What exactly were you looking for?
Link exchanges doesn't seem to go smooth for all niches.
Hi Nick, how long a new post normally indexed by google because sometimes I have problems with this, I mean sometimes google indexed my new post after a few days but sometimes only takes a few hours.
Thank you
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Unfortunately there is no straight answer to this. It depends on how often Google visits your website. And this depends on how often you post new and interesting things to your website and the number of links that you have.
Ok, thanks for your answer Nick
Now I will write a new post on a regular basis and build more backlinks
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Thanks for all the tips – just to say this is easily the best site I have come across for pragmatic and easy to apply tips – many thanks!
I usually add the URL of a new site that I build to Cubestat.com. They get crawled by Google like houseflies on rotten meat. Usually a search in Google for "quick indexing tool" will give you some sites also that you can add your link to.
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Thanks for the tip about Cubestat.com. I will check it out.
So, do nofollow links have any weight on if Google indexes a page faster, Nick? I can't seem to find a definitive answer on Google.
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It's hard to say. Google may or may not follow nofollow links.
Thanks for the checklist, I already do a couple of these to promote my sites but I'm going to give the others a go!
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All the 11 ways are basic and necessary. Thanks for sharing your ideas Nick!!
I feel one very basic way of getting indexed by google is submitting updated xml sitemap to google. This is one of the initial steps for getting indexed in google.
And another great way is buy building links on authority sites like wikihow, ezine, wordpress blogs, squidoo, facebook, twitter, and many more. The reason behind this is all these sites are crawled by google on a regular basis and thus once your content is submitted on such sites your sites get indexed very soon as the spiders moves from authority sites to your sites.
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Thank you for the suggestions Jimmy.
I'm quite envious of your traffic from StumbleUpon … can you please tell me your secrets Nick ?
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Post something totally awesome that people will give a thumbs-up on.
Very true said about all points.
These are really a very effective point in order to get indexed faster as this is common issue but also have so many solutions for this as you have menioned here.
I have heard about one more point that Pinging post or site is also proves beneficial. Is it right? please thrown some light of knowledge on this matter as I am newbie and at learning stage.
Thanks a lot for this.
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Pinging was all the rage a few years ago but lost its effectiveness because everyone does it.
I really like your good information about fast indexing in Google. This is your big effort. Keep it up the great work. Thanks.
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I still cant believe the amount of quality information you give away for free on your site Nick.
this should be the first stop for anybody even considering making a webpage!
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I love Google Reader, Nick! By the way, it looks like the first website you mention under point 10, has expired. So, it is now just a domain that is currently available for purchase.
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Thank you for telling me about the broken link! I have now fixed it.
Helpful tips as always. But I never try buy a backlinks. I always do ping site and bookmark my article to social site. I thinking about buy one way link now.
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I am glad to have found your blog. I am always on the lookout for new methods and tips for getting indexed, gaining backlinks and improving SERPS. There are some good ideas on this page for getting indexed quickly in the Search engines..
Thanks for the info and keep the ideas coming.
A lot of traffic from StumbleUpon is see… But I guess you have to have really good content to attract stumblers. Which you do…
Anyway, thanks for the Google Bookmarks tip.
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The very fastest way I’ve learned to get indexed is just to register your site for google adwords account…even if you don’t plan on buying any traffic…..works like a charm.. thanks for sharing this artical.
That’s an interesting idea.
Grea post, thanks a lot, actually my blog was already instantly indexing, I just want to keep it going.
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Wow, thank you. I am looking to get my blog indexed since they has not been indexed by google and other search engines yet. Trying the methods you give. Thanks.
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Thank you so much, I can’t believe you have given this information away for free. I sincerely believe that if every one goes through your instructions step by step there is absolutely no way that one can fail! Amazing top quality information.
love Google Reader, Nick! By the way, it looks like the first website you mention under point 10, has expired. So, it is now just a domain that is currently available for purchase.
The link under #10 should work now. Let me know if it doesn’t.
I find your article very helpful. Currently battling to get my site out of Google’s sandbox. Am about to become an addict in commenting on blogs and leaving my site url there. Not giving up till i achieve my purpose.
They are some great tips you gave us, Thank you!
I need to try the Stumble opon.
Danny
Great job! very good article that I loved. We are a website development firm and we do online marketing as well. This is right on!
Nice list of indexing methods, I like the craigslist one. Hope the title doesn’t confuse people into thinking that once you’re indexed you can build links like crazy though. I honestly never worry about getting indexed because that happens naturally through link building. On a new site the link building should always be very slow to start though.
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Thanks for the tips, but I’m not sure what happened to my blog
a few days ago I have 22 pages indexed and then reduced to 7 pages and today changed to 25 pages indexed.
For link building I use press releases, squidoo, blog comments, social bookmarking, and link from my old blog (aged domain)
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These are only a few link building methods that most bloggers tend to use and have more success rate with. Believe me, I haven’t even begun to scratch the surface yet. Look around you, be creative, there are many ways you can build links. The only thing I would strongly advise against is spamming. I know sometimes the temptation to use spam tactics to get a lot of links, quickly, can be overwhelming, but spamming will never work and even if you do mange to get a few links here and there, it wont last for long. Sooner or later, they will find and delete your links. Not only that, in some case they might report you to the search engines or what not, and not only you will lose your links, you might lose your search engine ranking, your site will be delisted and all of your hard work will be gone in a matter of seconds.
cool iv used some of these techniques but i am still not indexed! I will keep tryin though
thanks
See a lot of people are mentioning Adwords, but for those with an Adsense account i have found without fail, that putting one Adsense unit up on the home page of a new site (even if not intending to run adsense on the site long term) results in the site being indexed and appearing in the serps within 24 hours.
Awesome article. I am always on the lookout for new methods and tips for getting indexed and gain backlinks. There are some good ideas on this page for getting indexed quickly.
Thanks
Hey nick, all of your posts have been awesome. – SERIOUSLY. I wish I would have found your site sooner. Do you offer any link building services for other webmasters? It would likely take me 5 years to figure out what you know.
I don’t offer any services but I do recommend a couple of inexpensive guides:
Super Fast Backlink Building
=> http://nickstraffictricks.info/awesome_backlinks.php
How to Rank #1 in Google
=> http://nickstraffictricks.info/awesome_seo_guide.php
Thanks Nick that was a very informative article about getting sites indexed quickly. I will use it on my affiliate sites.
Really a great and most popular tips to quickly increase the page ranking in the google and other search engines and get good amount of visitors.
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Many sites get indexed as soon as they publish their article. But my blog takes more than 24 hrs to get indexed. I dono what is the problem. I will try to implement all your points and do a fast indexing experiment in my blog
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Off late, my posts weren’t getting indexed, i’ll follow these tips to get the indexed soon.Hope that they get indexed.
And Guys in one of my posts, only the tag has been indexed not the real post.What could be the reason?
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> only the tag has been indexed not the real post.
What do you mean exactly?
Great tips, Nick. Your posts are very helpful.
I created Blogger blogs a couple of times, and I remember them being indexed quite quickly, but I haven’t had the same luck yet with other types of sites, whether I built them in free subdomains or TLDs.
Let’s see what happens after implementing some of your suggestions
Thanks.
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Thanks for sharing this very good tips and if the above mentioned process are followed as said then it will certainly help to increase higher in the google index.
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Many thanks nick….very useful and informative tips about site indexing..defintely it will help me to improve my blog……..
social media backlinks are very easly indexed and make . social media websites are very good source to promote your websites.
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Spread your links on social media sites, popular press release sites their are also the best way to crawled. By the way it’s really a helpful post.
Is it beneficial to get backlinks from social bookmarking websites to get good reefferal traffic?
Getting indexed is important – but don’t forget that you need to get ranked for getting traffic.
Also the linkbuilding tactics should be re-evaluated now that the Penguin update became active.
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Those tips are all brilliant. We’re a web-development company just branching into offering SEO. That said, I really appreciate the opportunity for a little link juice.
Thanks, Nick!
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Stumble Upon is my second source of traffic after organic results but we also need to stumble on other blogs to get traffic to our blogs.
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