Ask Google to recrawl your URLs

If you've recently added or made changes to a page on your site, you can request that
Google re-index your page using any of the methods listed here. You can't request indexing
for URLs that you don't manage.

Are you using a hosted content management platform (for example, Blogger or Wordpress)? In most
cases, the platform submits your new content to search engines automatically. Check your platform's
support articles.

General guidelines

Crawling can take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. Be patient and monitor
progress using either the Index Status report
(https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7440203) or the URL Inspection tool
(https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9012289).

All methods described here have about the same response time.

There is a quota for submitting individual URLs.

Requesting a recrawl multiple times for the same URL or sitemap won't get it crawled
any faster.

Crawl request methods

Use the URL Inspection tool (just a few URLs)

Note: You must be an owner or full user of the Search Console property
(https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7687615) to be able to request indexing in the URL
Inspection tool.

Use the URL Inspection tool

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 (https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9012289#request_indexing) to request a crawl of
individual URLs. Note that if you have large numbers of URLs, submit a sitemap instead
(#sitemap).

To submit a URL to the index:

1. Follow the general guidelines (#guidelines).

2. Inspect the URL using the URL Inspection tool

(https://search.google.com/search-console?action=inspect).

3. Select Request indexing. The tool will run a live test on the URL to see whether it has
any obvious indexing issues, and if not, the page will be queued for indexing. If the tool
^nds issues with the page, try to ^x them.

Requesting a crawl does not guarantee that inclusion in search results will happen instantly or even at all.
Our systems prioritize the fast inclusion of high quality, useful content.

Submit a sitemap (many URLs at once)

A sitemap is an important way for Google to discover URLs on your site. A sitemap can also
include additional metadata about alternate language versions, video, image, or news-
speci^c pages. Learn how to create and submit a sitemap.
(/search/docs/advanced/sitemaps/build-sitemap)

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