Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Has your website been indexed by Google?

Just because you have a website doesn't mean that the search engines have found it. It can take up to 8 weeks for Google to spider and index your website. As I've mentioned before, having links to your website on more established websites will both improve your ranking and get search engines to find your website more quickly.

To see if Google has found your website:

1. Go to www.google.com

2. In the search bar, type: site:www.YourDomainName.com
There should be no space between the colon and the beginning of your URL.
For example, I would type: site:www.HomeSpunWebsites.com

3. Click on "Search"

The results will list all of the pages of your website that have been indexed by Google.
If your website hasn't been indexed yet, work on your inbound links to make it happen more quickly!

Laurel Hamilton
laurel@HomeSpunWebsites.com

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