There are a few things you can do to make sure Google crawls all of your web pages for indexing:
- Create a sitemap and submit it to Google Search Console. A sitemap is a file that lists all of the pages on your website. Submitting your sitemap to Google Search Console helps Google to find and index all of your pages. This is easy to do with the UltimateWB built-in Sitemap Generator tool.
- Make sure your website is well-structured and easy to navigate. Googlebot is more likely to crawl and index pages that are easy to find and follow. Use a clear and logical navigation structure, and make sure that all of your pages are linked to from other pages on your website. Making use of the UltimateWB built-in menu navigation features lets you do this easily, and add a top, side, or custom menu and footer links to each page. Your links are updated automatically when you update the link on the Add/Edit page of your website admin panel.
- Use descriptive titles and meta descriptions for your pages. Googlebot uses the titles and meta descriptions of your pages to understand what your pages are about. Make sure that your titles and meta descriptions are clear and concise, and that they include relevant keywords. You can add/edit this easily with UltimateWB, on the Add/Edit pages of your website admin panel, as well as on your Configure Site page for a sitewide title and description that can be added to each page.
- Keep your website updated with fresh content. Googlebot is more likely to crawl and index websites that are regularly updated with fresh content. It’s easy to do with the UltimateWB CMS.
- Promote your website on social media and other websites. When you promote your website on other websites, you are creating backlinks to your website. Backlinks help Google to find and index your website.
In addition to these tips, there are a few other things you can do to improve the crawling and indexing of your website:
- If you have duplicate content: Use a canonical tag on your pages. A canonical tag tells Google which page is the original version of a page. This is important for preventing duplicate content.
- Use robots.txt to block pages that you don’t want Google to crawl and index. For example, you may want to block pages that contain sensitive information or pages that are still under development. With UltimateWB website builder, on your Add/Edit page of your website admin panel, you can also set if you would like to exclude a page from your Sitemap, and the Sitemap Generator tool.
- Use Google Search Console to test robots.txt and to request crawls of specific pages on your website.
By following these tips, you can help to ensure that Google crawls and indexes all of your web pages.
It is important to note that Google may not crawl all of the pages on your website, even if you follow all of these tips. However, following these tips can help to increase the chances that Google will crawl and index all of the important pages on your website.
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