The AIndexify blog
Notes on getting pages into Google, and on telling the difference between a URL that was submitted and one that was actually indexed.
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How to Submit Your Website to Google
Four honest ways to submit your website to Google, what each one actually does, and how to confirm your pages made it into the index.
How Long Does It Take for Google to Index a Page?
Google says crawling alone can take days to weeks. Why the range is so wide, what narrows it, and how to learn the date your page actually went in.
How to Index a Shopify Site: Products, Pages & Blogs
A practical walkthrough for getting Shopify products, collections, pages, and blog posts into Google's index, and verifying they actually made it.
Why 90% of New Content Never Gets Indexed (The Invisible Web)
The famous 90% figure comes from a traffic study, not an indexing one. What the data actually shows, and how to check where your own pages stand.
Indexing First: Why AI Overviews and AI Mode Only Cite Indexed Pages
AI Overviews and AI Mode cite pages from Google's index. If a page is not indexed, it cannot be cited, whatever else you optimize.
Best Backlink Indexer: What Actually Works
How to judge a backlink indexing service: why ownership rules out most methods, the claims to ignore, and the evidence a tool should show you.
How to Index a Blogger Site
The settings, sitemaps, and checks that get a Blogger (blogspot) site indexed by Google, and how to verify what Google actually kept.
How to Index PDFs on Google
PDFs get indexed like pages, but they fail differently. How to get catalogues, manuals, and spec sheets into Google's index, step by step.
How to Fix Shopify Pages That Aren't Indexed
Why Shopify pages stay out of Google's index: the password page, robots.txt defaults, canonicals, hidden products, and how to verify each fix.
Bulk Index Checking: Scan 1,000 URLs in Minutes
How to check indexing status for 1,000 URLs at once: why single-URL methods stall, what Google's own reports cover, and how to read bulk results.
