Durable helps you get found online, by being set to be be found by search engines.
Google periodically 'crawls' websites, to index them on their search results.
A great way to speed up this process, if you register with their Search Console, provide your website sitemap and manually request an index, to let google know you are ready to be found!
Set up Google search console indexing and add the header HTML code from Google.
Verification
Open Google Search Console and add the website URL.
Don't know your website URL? Please go to Website > Domain, in the Durable dashboard to see the primary domain.
Copy the 'HTML tag' here.
In another browser tab, go to Durable. Then navigate Website > Website Settings > Integrations > Custom Code > Add a custom script or code to your website in the Durable dashboard.
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Name the Custom Code entry, select the '<Head>' option, then Paste the HTML tag.
Once all set, Click "Save"
Go back to the Google Search Console page and click "Verify"
If you see an error, return to the previous step after 5-10 minutes and attempt again, as it sometimes takes a bit of time for Google to detect the added HTML tag.
Verification is finished.
Property
Next, click Go to Property.
Click Sitemaps. Type "sitemap.xml" and click submit. It may take a few minutes or a refresh to see if it was successfully added.
Inspect the URL
Click URL inspection at the top of Google search console.
Type your website URL in the search bar and hit enter.
Click "REQUEST INDEXING"
Your website URL was added to a priority crawl queue. Submitting a page multiple times will not change its queue position or priority.
The website will appear in Google Search after several days to a few weeks (depending on the propagation of Google servers, this could take longer).
For details about Google Search Console, please see the Google Search Console Help Centre.
Did you know?
Google is used for approximately 90% of all online searched.
Followed by Bing, who saw approximately 3.95% of all online searches.
'Bing' search engine: Manual request crawling/indexing:
Durable websites allow for Search engines to index your website, automatically.
However, to have your Website manually added to Bing for faster indexing, you can create a free microsoft account and import your Google search console details.
Bing- Webmasters tool
Once registered, use the option seen below:
Remove certain pages from indexing
You can remove certain pages from indexing.
Go to Website.
Click "Pages", then select the Page settings option on the desired page
Select the SEO options
Scroll down the SEO section and enable the toggle "Remove from sitemap."
Exit the Settings and Publish your changes
If you need any help getting your website indexed or have questions about your DNS settings, our team is here to help. Don’t hesitate to reach out!
Google Search Console FAQ
I already requested indexing. Why can't I see my website in the search results?
The website will appear in Google Search after several days to a few weeks (depending on the propagation of Google servers, this could take longer).
Crawling can take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. Be patient and monitor progress using either the Index Status report or the URL Inspection tool.