Indexation
Indexation is the process by which search engines discover, crawl, and store web pages in their database (index) so they can be returned in search results.
A page must be indexed to appear in search results. The process involves discovery (via sitemaps, links, or direct submission), crawling (fetching the HTML), rendering (executing JavaScript), and indexing (adding to the search database).
Common indexing issues include noindex tags, canonical pointing elsewhere, robots.txt blocking, server errors, and low-quality content. Google Search Console's URL Inspection tool shows the indexing status of any URL.
Indxel's Indexation Engine automates submission via the Google Indexing API and IndexNow protocol, monitors indexing status, and retries for non-indexed pages.
Related terms
Noindex
Noindex is a robots meta tag directive that instructs search engines to exclude a page from their search index, preventing it from appearing in search results.
Canonical URL
A canonical URL is an HTML link element that tells search engines which URL is the preferred version of a page, consolidating ranking signals when multiple URLs serve similar content.
Crawl Budget
Crawl budget is the number of URLs Googlebot will crawl on your site within a given period, determined by crawl rate limit (server capacity) and crawl demand (page importance).
Sitemap XML
An XML sitemap is a file that lists URLs on your website along with optional metadata (last modified date, change frequency, priority) to help search engines discover and crawl your pages.
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