Indexing your site in search engines
A site that is not indexed is a shop with the shutters down. Indexing is how your pages get into the search engine’s list in the first place.
Indexing is search engines reading your pages and adding them to their index. Without it, your site exists but nobody finds it. We hand sites over prepared: correct structure, a sitemap, and a title and description written for every page.
- Sitemap submittedA map of your pages handed to the search engines.
- Title and descriptionWritten for every page, not left empty.
- Clean structureHeadings and links a crawler can follow.
- Checked after launchWe look at which pages actually got in.
What we do for indexing
- Build the site so every page can be reached by a link, not only by a menu script.
- Give each page a clear title and description that match what is on it.
- Produce and submit a sitemap, and fix anything blocking the crawler.
- Make sure the site answers on one address and opens over https.
- Check afterwards which pages were indexed, and chase the ones that were not.
How long does indexing take?
Some pages appear within days, others take longer, and nobody controls the exact timing — the search engines decide. What we control is removing every reason for a page to be skipped. If you need visitors before that process matures, paid ads start the same week.
Related: SEO services and Google Ads.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is indexing, in plain words?
It is a search engine reading your page and storing it in its index so it can be shown in results. If a page was never indexed, it cannot appear for any search at all.
It is the first step before any ranking work.
Why are my pages not showing up?
Common reasons: the page is blocked, it has no links pointing to it, it is nearly identical to another page, or the site was launched recently and has not been crawled yet.
We check which one applies to your site.
How long until my site appears in Google?
Days for some pages, longer for others. The timing belongs to the search engine. What we do is remove every reason to skip a page and then follow up.
If you need traffic immediately, see Google Ads. The timing depends on the number of pages and on how ready your texts and photos are, and we give you a clear date before we start.
Can you guarantee my page will be indexed?
We can guarantee the work: structure, sitemap, titles and descriptions, no blocking rules. The decision to index belongs to the search engine, and no one can promise it.
The same honesty applies to rankings — see our terms. Search work keeps going: we set the page titles and descriptions, keep the site fast and follow the results afterwards.
What is a sitemap?
A file listing the pages of your site, given to search engines so they do not have to discover everything by chance. It speeds up the process, especially for a new site.
We generate it and submit it as part of the work.
Do old pages need re-indexing after a redesign?
If the addresses stay the same, your indexed pages carry over. That is exactly why we keep the existing links when we rebuild a site.
See website redesign. We agree on every detail before we start, so you know what is inside the work and what is outside it.
Is indexing the same as SEO?
No. Indexing gets you into the list; SEO decides where in that list you appear. You need indexing first — ranking work on an unindexed page does nothing.
See SEO services. After the site is live we stay with you, so any question or edit reaches the same team that built it.
Does every page deserve to be indexed?
No. Thin or duplicated pages are better left out, and we say so. A smaller set of pages that each answer something properly works better than dozens of empty ones.
We plan the page list with you before building. Search work keeps going: we set the page titles and descriptions, keep the site fast and follow the results afterwards.
Nobody finds you on Google?
Send us the address and we will check whether your pages are indexed at all.