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Request indexing for a page in Google Search Console (2026)

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What you’ll have at the end

One page of your website inspected in Google Search Console, its status on Google read, and a request sent asking Google to index it. Indexing means Google adds the page to the index it uses for search results. The guide ends once the request is sent, because what follows is a wait.

Before you start

You’ll need

  • Your website added and verified in Google Search Console, with you as an owner or full user
  • The full address of the page you'd like Google to index

What it costs. Google says Search Console is a free service.

Please check whether this is the right tool for you. Google says requesting indexing is for a page you've recently added or changed. If you'd like Google to know about many pages at once, Google says to submit a sitemap instead.

Google also says that if your site runs on a hosted platform such as Blogger or WordPress, the platform in most cases sends your new content to search engines automatically. Please check your platform's help first.

You need to be an owner or full user of the site's Search Console property to request indexing. You can only request indexing for pages you manage. If you haven't added and verified your site yet, please do that first.

Steps

  1. 1. Open your property in Search Console

    Go to search.google.com/search-console and choose your website in the property selector.

  2. 2. Inspect the page's address

    Type the full address of the page, including https://, into the inspection search bar at the top of the Search Console screen, and press Enter. The address must belong to the property you have open.

  3. 3. Read whether the page is on Google

    Read the status at the top of the inspection result. This shows what Google already has in its index; it isn't a live check of the page. - URL is on Google: the page can appear in Google Search, though Google says it isn't guaranteed to be there. - URL is not on Google or URL is not available to Google: the page can't appear in Google Search yet. Please expand the Availability section to see a label saying why. - If that label is URL is unknown to Google, Google hasn't seen the page before. Google's help says to request indexing in this case.

  4. 4. Test the live page, if you'd like

    If you've changed the page since Google last crawled it, you can click Test live URL to check the version on your site now. In the results, please look at two lines: - Crawl allowed? showing "No" means a robots.txt rule stops Google from crawling the page. - Indexing allowed? showing "No" means your page has a "noindex" tag or header. Google won't index the page until it's removed.

    Google says you can't request indexing for a page the live test finds can't be indexed. Please fix the problem on your site first.

  5. 5. Click Request indexing

    On the inspection result for the page, click Request indexing. Google runs a quick check for errors that would stop indexing. If the page passes, Google adds it to its indexing queue.

  6. 6. Read what happens next

    Google says a request doesn't guarantee the page will appear in Google's index. There's a daily limit to how many requests you can send, and Google says asking again for the same page won't get it crawled any faster.

    Google's URL Inspection tool help says indexing typically takes only a day or so, but can take much longer in some cases, and that it can take up to a week or two. Google's recrawl page says crawling can take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. You can check progress by inspecting the page again, as in step 2. This guide ends here, at the wait.

If something looks different

  • Some reports show an Inspect link next to a page address. That opens the same inspection result as step 2.
  • If the status is URL is on Google but you can't find the page in Google Search, Google suggests checking the Manual Actions report and the Security Issues report for that page.
  • Search Console allows only a limited number of inspections and live tests per property each day. If you reach the limit, please try again the next day.
  • Google says only an owner or full user of the property can request indexing. If you have a different permission, please ask an owner of the property to send the request.

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