Several factors come into play that affect when, or if, your site will appear in search results.
The main conditions for Google to Index your website and pages in preparation to being listed on Google include:
- Crawl accessibility: Googlebot must be able to access your site without restrictions like robots.txt rules, noindex tags and the page must work (return a HTTP 200 - success code)
- The content is unique and not a duplicate of another indexed page. Ensure a Canonical tag has been to assist Google choose the correct page
- Page quality: Google prioritizes high-quality, useful content that visitors actually want to read for indexing. Low quality content is likely to be skipped over and can result in your site being de-indexed.
- No manual actions or legal issues: Pages with penalties, reported security issues or content removal requests may not be indexed.
To assist Google finding your site and pages to quickly index:
- Register your site on Google Search Console
- Submit a XML Sitemap of your site pages to Google
- Promptly address any detected website issues
