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Test Your Knowledge (How to Get Re-Indexed in Google Fast)

This lesson outlines how to get re-indexed in Google fast.

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Question 1 of 3

 

How do you check to see if Google has indexed a page or a post?

A

Call Google and ask their help desk to check their index for your website.

B

Type into the search bar of your browser the following: site:“hey Google, have you looked at my site lately”? Then someone from Google will send you the answer on your browser in a few minutes.

C

Type into the search bar of your browser the following (where “yourwebsite.com” is your websites URL): site:yourwebsite.com and press ENTER (or RETURN on a MAC). If Google has indexed your site, all of your pages will come up in the results that it has indexed.

Question 2 of 3

Can you give Google a ‘nudge’ to have a look at the changes you have made to your meta tags?

A

Yes you can. To do that you go to Google Search Console and use the URL Inspection tool and request your page to be indexed .

B

Nobody can give Google a nudge to do anything because they are one of the biggest companies in the world.

C

You have to wait for Google to visit your site in its own good time.

Question 3 of 3

Generally speaking, how long does it take Google to index a page once you have submitted it through Google Search Console?

A

It can take a few days to a few months. This depends on the Google employees and their work loads as to how long it takes for one of them to approve the page for indexing.

B

Generally, it usually takes a few minutes for Google to index your page submission.

C

It doesn't matter because your website pages don't have to be in Google's index for it to rank for any of your chosen keywords. Google knows what websites are out there so it chooses the one that is the most relevant to the search query.

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