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Elevate your website鈥檚 performance and visibility with immediate content updates in multiple search engines. </p> <button id="getStartedButton" onclick="window.location.href='/indexnow'"> Why IndexNow? </button> </div> <div class="intro-video"> <video class="video-player" controls controlslist="nodownload"> <source src="https://indexnowvideos.azureedge.net/indexnowvideos/IndexNow-1920x1080.mp4" type="video/mp4"> Your browser does not support the video tag. </video> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="WhyIndexNowHeader"> <div> <svg width="200" height="1" viewBox="0 0 200 1" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <line opacity="0.4" y1="0.5" x2="200" y2="0.5" stroke="#2F69C5" /> </svg> <h3>GET STARTED</h3> <svg width="200" height="1" viewBox="0 0 200 1" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <line opacity="0.4" y1="0.5" x2="200" y2="0.5" stroke="#2F69C5" /> </svg> </div> <h1> How to add IndexNow to your website </h1> <p> Adopting IndexNow is fast and easy and you may already have IndexNow. To check if your website is already publishing your latest URLs (added, modified, deleted) via IndexNow to search engines, connect to the <a href="https://www.bing.com/webmasters" target="_blank">Bing Webmaster Tools Portal</a>. If not, follow the steps below. </p> </div>  <div class="BodyAndCards"> <div class="Body"> <h1>IndexNow is built into the following Content Management Solutions. </h1> <p>If you are using them, you have nothing to do, you are already using IndexNow</p> </div> </div> <div class="PlugInCards"> <div class="Card"> <div class="LogoSection"> <img src="https://indexnowvideos.azureedge.net/logos/wix-studio.png"> </div> <div class="LinksSection"> <span class="Link"><a href="https://support.wix.com/en/article/how-wix-uses-indexnow-to-inform-search-engines-about-your-site-changes" target="_blank">Learn More</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="Card"> <div class="LogoSection"> <img src="https://indexnowvideos.azureedge.net/logos/31Duda.png"> </div> <div class="LinksSection"> <span class="Link"><a href="https://support.duda.co/hc/en-us/articles/4413233373335-IndexNow" target="_blank">Learn More</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="Card"> <div class="LogoSection"> <img src="https://indexnowvideos.azureedge.net/logos/xenforo.png"> </div> <div class="LinksSection"> <span class="Link"><a href="https://xenforo.com/docs/xf2/seo#indexnow" target="_blank">Learn More</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="Card HiddenCard"></div> </div>  <div class="BodyAndCards"> <div class="Body"> <h1>IndexNow can be enabled in minutes by installing the following third-party plugins*</h1> </div> </div> <div class="PlugInCards"> <div class="Card"> <div class="LogoSection"> <h1>WordPress</h1> </div> <div class="LinksSectionli" style="text-align:left;"> <ul> <li class="Link"><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/indexnow/" target="_blank">IndexNow plugin</a></li> <li class="Link"><a href="https://yoast.com/what-is-indexnow/" target="_blank">Yoast</a></li> <li class="Link"><a href="https://rankmath.com/kb/how-to-use-indexnow/" target="_blank">RankMath</a></li> <li class="Link"><a href="https://aioseo.com/docs/integrating-with-indexnow-to-instantly-re-index-your-content/" target="_blank">AIOSEO</a></li> <li class="Link"><a href="https://www.seopress.org/support/guides/google-indexing-api-with-seopress/#automatically-request-indexing-with-indexnow-api" target="_blank">SEOPress</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="Card"> <div class="LogoSection"> <h1>Shopify</h1> </div> <div class="LinksSectionli" style="text-align:left;"> <ul> <li class="Link"><a href="https://apps.shopify.com/instaindex" target="_blank">InstaIndex</a></li> <li class="Link"><a href="https://community.shopify.com/c/technical-q-a/indexnow-org-implementation/m-p/2022539/highlight/true#M124586" target="_blank">Method #2</a></li> <li class="Link"><a href="https://codepal.ai/code-generator/query/48ZfCRcm/integrate-indexnow-into-shopify" target="_blank">Method #3 (Coding required)</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="Card"> <div class="LogoSection"> <h1>Joomla!</h1> </div> <div class="LinksSectionli" style="text-align:left;"> <ul> <li class="Link"><a href="https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/aimy-sitemap-pro/" target="_blank">Aimy Sitemap PRO</a></li> <li class="Link"><a href="https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/jsitemap/" target="_blank">JSitemap</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="Card"> <div class="LogoSection"> <h1>Bitrix24</h1> </div> <div class="LinksSectionli" style="text-align:left;"> <ul> <li class="Link"><a href="https://marketplace.1c-bitrix.ru/solutions/vayti.reindex/" target="_blank">ReIndex (Russian)</a></li> <li class="Link"><a href="https://marketplace.1c-bitrix.ru/solutions/madmen.indexnow/" target="_blank">TurboIndex (Russian)</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="PlugInCards"> <div class="Card"> <div class="LogoSection"> <h1>Drupal</h1> </div> <div class="LinksSection"> <span class="Link"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/index_now" target="_blank">Learn More</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="Card"> <div class="LogoSection"> <h1>PrestaShop</h1> </div> <div class="LinksSection"> <span class="Link"><a href="https://addons.prestashop.com/en/seo-natural-search-engine-optimization/88693-op-art-indexnow-improve-indexability-automatically.html" target="_blank">Learn More</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="Card"> <div class="LogoSection"> <h1>MODX</h1> </div> <div class="LinksSection"> <span class="Link"><a href="https://k2studio.pro/blog/post3.html" target="_blank">Learn More</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="Card"> <div class="LogoSection"> <h1>Shopware</h1> </div> <div class="LinksSection"> <span class="Link"><a href="https://store.shopware.com/en/fishn32546318596m/bing-index-now.html" target="_blank">Learn More</a></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="PlugInCards"> <div class="Card"> <div class="LogoSection"> <h1>Opencart</h1> </div> <div class="LinksSection"> <span class="Link"><a href="https://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=marketplace/extension/info&extension_id=43538&filter_search=indexnow" target="_blank">Learn More</a></span>  </div> </div> <div class="Card"> <div class="LogoSection"> <h1>Typo3</h1> </div> <div class="LinksSection"> <span class="Link"><a href="https://packagist.org/packages/jweiland/indexnow" target="_blank">Learn More</a></span>  </div> </div> <div class="Card"> <div class="LogoSection"> <h1>Umbraco</h1> </div> <div class="LinksSection"> <span class="Link"><a href="https://www.dyfort.com/products/umbraco-indexnow/" target="_blank">Learn More</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="Card HiddenCard"></div> </div> </div>  <div class="BodyAndCards"> <div class="Body"> <h1>IndexNow is supported by the following Content Delivery Networks:</h1> <p>For a more managed IndexNow experience, we recommend using one of the above IndexNow Content Management Solutions, or following the instructions below to utilize an API for integration.</p> </div> <div class="Cards Cds"> <div class="Card"> <div class="LogoSection"> <img src="https://indexnowvideos.azureedge.net/logos/24CloudFlare.png"> </div> <div class="LinksSection"> <span>Enable Crawler Hints in your Cloudflare account </span> <span class="Link"><a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-now-supports-indexnow/" target="_blank">Learn More</a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="implementation-steps"> <h1>If your website is not currently supported with any of the above systems, follow the simple, four-step process to integrate IndexNow in your website.</h1> <div class="steps"> <div class="step"> <div class="step-number d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center">1</div> <a href="#implementation"> Generate API Key </a> <p> An API key is needed to match the ownership of the domain with submitted URLs. </p> </div> <div class="step"> <div class="step-number d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center">2</div> <a href="#implementation"> Host your API key </a> <p> Host your UTF-8 key file at the root of your website. </p> </div> <div class="step"> <div class="step-number d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center">3</div> <a href="#implementation"> Submit URLs </a> <p> Submit individual or bulk URLs with your key location as your URL parameter. </p> </div> <div class="step"> <div class="step-number d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center">4</div> <a href="#implementation"> Verify URLs </a> <p> Use Bing Webmaster Tools to verify if your URLs are received by search engines. </p> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="samples container-fluid" id="implementation"> <div class="samples-body container-fluid"> <div class="implementationFirstRow"> <div class="implementationDetailCard"> <div class="header"> <div class="stepNumber">1</div> <div class="stepTitle">Generate API Key</div> </div> <div class="body"> <p> An API key is needed to match the ownership of the domain with submitted URLs. </p> <div class="generate-api-key" id="generateApiKey"> <div class="input-grp"> <div class="key-div"> <text class="guid">IndexNow key</text> </div> <div class="downloadIcon" id="download-icon"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="32" height="32" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-download" viewBox="0 0 16 16"> <path d="M.5 9.9a.5.5 0 0 1 .5.5v2.5a1 1 0 0 0 1 1h12a1 1 0 0 0 1-1v-2.5a.5.5 0 0 1 1 0v2.5a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H2a2 2 0 0 1-2-2v-2.5a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5z" /> <path d="M7.646 11.854a.5.5 0 0 0 .708 0l3-3a.5.5 0 0 0-.708-.708L8.5 10.293V1.5a.5.5 0 0 0-1 0v8.793L5.354 8.146a.5.5 0 1 0-.708.708l3 3z" /> </svg> </div> </div> <button class="generate-button" onClick="handleGenerate()"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18" fill="none"> <path d="M9 1.5C4.85786 1.5 1.5 4.85786 1.5 9C1.5 13.1421 4.85786 16.5 9 16.5C13.1421 16.5 16.5 13.1421 16.5 9C16.5 8.6236 16.4723 8.2538 16.4188 7.8923C16.3515 7.4382 16.6839 7 17.1429 7C17.5138 7 17.839 7.2562 17.8953 7.6228C17.9642 8.0718 18 8.5317 18 9C18 13.9706 13.9706 18 9 18C4.02944 18 0 13.9706 0 9C0 4.02944 4.02944 0 9 0C11.3051 0 13.4077 0.86656 15 2.29168V1.25C15 0.83579 15.3358 0.5 15.75 0.5C16.1642 0.5 16.5 0.83579 16.5 1.25V4.25C16.5 4.66421 16.1642 5 15.75 5H12.75C12.3358 5 12 4.66421 12 4.25C12 3.83579 12.3358 3.5 12.75 3.5H14.0991C12.7609 2.25883 10.9691 1.5 9 1.5Z" fill="white" /> </svg> Generate </button> </div> </div> </div> <div class="implementationDetailCard"> <div class="header"> <div class="stepNumber">2</div> <div class="stepTitle">Host your API key</div> </div> <div class="body"> <p> Host your UTF-8 key file at the root of your website: <a href="#">https://www.example.com/<text class="key"></text>.txt</a> with the key <b><text class="key"></text></b> in the content of the text file. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="implementationDetailCard"> <div class="header"> <div class="stepNumber">3</div> <div class="stepTitle">Submit URLs</div> </div> <div class="body"> <p> Submit individual or bulk URLs with your key location as your URL parameter: <a href="#">Send one URL via an HTTP request</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="CodeBlock"> <p> <strong> Submitting a set of URL via an HTTP request </strong> </p> <div class="code-block-row row"> <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-6 container-fluid"> <div class="code-block-title p-3 d-flex align-items-center"> Request </div> <pre> <code>POST /IndexNow HTTP/1.1</code> <code>Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8</code> <code>Host: api.indexnow.org</code> <code>{</code> <code> "host": "www.example.org",</code> <code> "key": "<text class="key"></text>",</code> <code> "keyLocation": "https://www.example.org/<text class="key"></text>.txt",</code> <code> "urlList": [</code> <code> "https://www.example.org/url1",</code> <code> "https://www.example.org/folder/url2",</code> <code> "https://www.example.org/url3"</code> <code> ]</code> <code>}</code> </pre> </div> <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-6"> <div class="code-block-title p-3 d-flex align-items-center"> Response </div> <div class="code-block-body p-3 align-items-center "> <div class="error-codes row"> <div class="col-2"><b>HTTP Code</b></div> <div class="col-4"><b>Response</b></div> <div class="col-6"><b>Reasons</b></div> </div> <div class="error-codes row"> <div class="col-2">200</div> <div class="col-4">Ok</div> <div class="col-6">URL submitted successfully</div> </div> <div class="error-codes row"> <div class="col-2">400</div> <div class="col-4">Bad request</div> <div class="col-6">Invalid format</div> </div> <div class="error-codes row"> <div class="col-2">403</div> <div class="col-4">Forbidden</div> <div class="col-6">In case of key not valid (e.g. key not found, file found but key not in the file)</div> </div> <div class="error-codes row"> <div class="col-2">422</div> <div class="longWordInText col-4">Unprocessable Entity</div> <div class="col-6">In case of URLs don鈥檛 belong to the host or the key is not matching the schema in the protocol</div> </div> <div class="error-codes row"> <div class="col-2">429</div> <div class="col-4">Too Many Requests</div> <div class="col-6">Too Many Requests (potential Spam)</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="implementationDetailCard"> <div class="header"> <div class="stepNumber">4</div> <div class="stepTitle">Verify URLs</div> </div> <div class="body"> <p> Use <a href="https://www.bing.com/webmasters">Bing Webmaster Tools</a> to verify if your URLs are received by search engines. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="faq container text-center" id="faq"> <h2 class="section-header"> FAQs </h2> <hr /> <div class="custom-accordion" tabindex="0"> <div class="custom-accordion-header"> <question>I submitted a URL, but I don鈥檛 see the URL indexed?</question> </div> <div class="custom-accordion-body d-none"> <answer> Using IndexNow ensures that search engines are aware of your website changes. Using IndexNow does not guarantee that web pages will be crawled or indexed by search engines. It may take time for the change to reflect in search engines. </answer> </div> </div> <hr /> <div class="custom-accordion" tabindex="0"> <div class="custom-accordion-header"> <question>I just started using IndexNow, should I publish URLs changed last year?</question> </div> <div class="custom-accordion-body d-none"> <answer> No, you should publish only URLs changing (added, updated, or deleted) since the time you start to use IndexNow. </answer> </div> </div> <hr /> <div class="custom-accordion" tabindex="0"> <div class="custom-accordion-header show"> <question>Does the URLs submitted count on my crawl quota?</question> </div> <div class="custom-accordion-body"> <answer> Yes, every crawl counts towards your crawl quota. 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