Why isn’t my site showing up on Google?
July 3rd, 2012
“My website doesn’t appear in Google search results.” This is a common issue that we get at our customer support mainly from concerned users who have recently made a website and cannot find it in search engine results. How can you speed up the process of having your site appear?
All search engines require time to crawl and index your site and show it in search results. Be patient and give them some time. Still, there are things you should do and things to avoid.
Reasons why you can’t find your website in Google
- New website or content – it can take 2/3 weeks, or sometimes even a month for Google to index new content
- No internal links or backlinks which are helping google with indexing
- Duplicate content issues – Google tends not to index duplicate content because it takes up unnecessary space in their index
- Low Domain Rating – new websites, without links or an established credibility, have at the start lower domain rating and worse position
How to get your website on Google
- Submit your sitemap to Google Search Console
- Have original and frequently updated content
- Use keywords
- Use internal links
- Get backlinks
- Have a mobile optimized website with responsive design
- Optimize your URLs with metatags
To know more about how to optimize your website for the highest possible position in search engine results, read the article about Google ranking factors. Help your website climb to the top of search rankings.
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