What is indexing

Indexing occurs when the content of a website is included in the search engine index (like Google) using keywords to directly reach the site's search.

It contains information from all the sites that are on search engines. If a website is not in a search engine’s index, users cannot find it.

However, if a site is well-indexed, you can find it on the first pages of Google or various search engines.

Every time a website is created, every effort is made to get to the top of the search engines so that people can find it more quickly.

In practice, search engines collect all the useful information contained in files, thus creating an identifying index for each file, through keywords.

For instance, if you type "marketing" into a search engine, the first results will take you to various web pages that deal with that topic and will be those indexed better than others.

How does indexing work?

Everyone must be wondering: but how do I index my website better than others? Let's find out right away…

To index your site you can use several systems:

• Through spiders: these are software or robots that collect content from a search to include in their index through the links they find. The internet spider moves across websites and checks for updates. Therefore, having an always updated site allows the spider to visit it more often to pick up new information and communicate it to the search engine.

Through the URL: this feature is a module for users to report the presence of a new website to the search engine. Just submit your Home Page and the search engine will take care of the rest.

By submitting a sitemap: sitemaps are files that contain a list of present and indexable pages on your website. Sitemaps can also be generated automatically and updated with every change to the website.

Using RSS protocol: it's a system that allows real-time updates only when there are new developments. The advantage is that you don't have to check each website every time to verify updates.

Examples of Indexing