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How to check your website is indexed by search engines

Check whether your site is included by the search engines and can be users to search the content of the site

Preface

When we have built our own personal blog and applied for our own domain name. But the blog we wrote does not allow more people to understand and visit, it needs to be included in the site through the search engine, in order to allow more people can search. So, how do we know if our website has been included in the search engine?

Method one: use site command query

The site command is an advanced search function provided by the search engine, which can help users to quickly find the relevant content of a particular website. By typing a specific site command in the search engine, you can see whether your website is included in the search engine and the number of included. This is done by typing site:domain name into the search engine, for example, the domain name is limuran.top:

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site:limuran.top

Bing search engine results

Bing search engine

Google search engine results

Google search engine

When indexed by a search engine, you can see the site’s related terms using this method. On the other hand, you can’t see the related results

Method 2: Use Webmaster Tools

Webmaster Tools is an online tool for webmasters that helps users to check the SEO information, keyword rankings, and inclusion status of a website. Through the use of webmaster tools, users can more easily view their own website is included in the search engine and the number of included. For example, here using Webmaster Tools, enter your domain name to query the situation, here we focus on the search engine inclusion, you can see the major search engines included!

Webmaster Tools

Summary

In conclusion, by using the above two methods, you can easily check whether your website is indexed by search engines and the number of indexes. If your website has not yet been indexed by search engines, you can try to optimize your website’s SEO settings to improve your website’s weight and ranking, thus increasing your chances of being indexed by search engines. You can also try actively submitting to search engines for inclusion.

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