DIY - Indexing your website on Google

One the most frequently asked question by webmasters is how can I get my website indexed on some the biggest search engines. That's one aspect of the question asked , another aspect is how can I get my website indexed quickly on Google and other search engines. The answers to this questions are very simple and straight forward. As you know most website targeted traffic comes from search engines, which is why you should get your website indexed quickly in other to reach more targeted audience.

Once your website is setup, the next thing you should do is to get it indexed on Google and other search engines. This way your target audience will be able to find your website when they search for terms related to your website/brand on search engines. In other words, if your website is not indexed it will be difficult for people to find your website.

Normally, Google and other search engines when they crawl the web , their bots pickup links and add to their index directory. This actually can take a longer time for website to get indexed.
In this article we will discuss five simple steps to get your website indexed on Google and other search engines faster.Firstly let's look at the meaning of "crawling and indexing".

Crawling is simply the process whereby search engine bots/spiders crawl the internet for links to add to their directories.Indexing is the addition of crawled web links to search engine web directory.

Step#1 - Submit Website To Google, Yahoo and Bing.

The first step to getting your website indexed is letting search engines know that about your website. You can do this by submitting your website to Google and other major search engines. "

Step#2 - Create A Sitemap

After submitting your website to Google and other search engines, you should create a sitemap of your website. Then submit it to Google through the Google webmaster tool. This will make your website to be indexed more effectively and faster. If you are using WordPress, you can use Google XML or Yoast plugin, this plugins are very good as the create great sitemap of your blog and also update search engines of latest updates on your website.

Step#3 - Submit Website To Web Directories

Most web directories like Digg, Reddit, Dmoz, Stumbleupon and the likes are readily crawled by Google and other search engines. You should submit your website URL to this directories , so that Google and other search engines can easily crawl your link and index it. Moreover some of this website allow dofollow links which will increase your website backlinks and by extension make your website easily indexed.

Step#4 - Create Profile On Social Media Websites

Just as Google readily crawl top web directories ,it also crawl top social media websites. Create a profile for your website/brand on Facebook, Twitter ,Google plus etc. This platforms allows you to add your website links in profile about section. This helps your website get easily indexed in two ways , one through backlinks as this about section allow for dofollow links and secondly your links gets crawled when this platforms are crawled.Moreover when your post are being shared it also makes it easy for search engines to index your website.

Step#5 - Ensure Your Website Has Enough Contents And No Broken Links

Before submitting your website link to search engines, ensure that your website has enough contents. In my view 20-30 webpages is great. Also ensure that you do not have broken links on your website as this could really disrupt search engine effort to crawl your website.

In conclusion , the above tips if followed appropriately will make your website easily indexed on Google and other major search engines. You can confirm if your website has been indexed on Google by following the below steps:

i: Log in to Google.com
ii: Enter the URL of your website this way - site:herokeys.com into the search box.
iii: If your website has been indexed, you will see a list of all your website webpages display in the result page.