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Quick Fix to Why is My site not Indexed in Google

JVanDerLaan

Published on April 14, 2017

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The fact is, there are many reasons that a site may be difficult to index in Google.

The good news is that I have a solution that works every time for getting your site indexed.

I have to admit, that I learned this from a good friend, but WA's rules against posting links(can be seen as spamming) prevent me from simply sharing a link to his post.

So I am going to recreate the post here and add a link after simply for attribution to the original.

I used this technique yesterday and it worked in less than 15 minutes.

Here we go...

Step 1) Embed a YouTube Video on the Page you want to Index

Browse YouTube and find any video that’s in your niche. Find the embed code and copy it (Ctrl-C). In terms of getting your page indexed, you don’t need to find an in-niche video.

But I find that it’s always good practice to always keep the theme for a page consistent at all times, so take the extra 2.3 seconds and find a pertinent video.

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Step 2) Paste the Embed Code into your Page’s HTML Editor and Save

Step 3) Install Google XML Sitemap for Videos

You want the version by “Amit Agarwal”.

Step 4) Generate Site Map and Ping Google

Step a) Tools > Video Sitemap

Step b) Generate Video Sitemap

Step c) Tell Google to Crawl It

Step 5) Watch Cat Videos (Wait)

This usually takes about 1-2 hours to get your page indexed, but I see it go through sometimes as fast as 5 minutes.

This method originally at http://diggitymarketing.com/quick-indexing-with-this-simple-trick/

That's it!

Very Simple!

Hope it helps!

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