Codliver
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- Jul 27, 2015
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I have not released a site in a long time and did so recently.
In the past, at least pre-2016, sitemap plugins used to have a "ping Google" feature and the site would be indexed fully in a few days.
Nowadays, I'm seeing plugins like yoast do not have this feature -- I'm assuming "pinging Google" doesn't work anymore for indexing?
The advice I generally see is to use Google Search Console; however, I don't want to use GSC, mostly because I run multiple websites and don't want them tied together (and separate gmail accounts isn't an ideal solution ((IP address for one)).
Anyway, what option do you have to index a site faster without the use of GSC?
To be honest, my main concern with index speed is now that indexing takes longer, what is to stop automated scrapers from seeing a partially indexed site in google, scraping the remaining content that's not indexed, publishing it
on their pre-existing site, indexing it first, and thereby claiming ownership in the eyes of Google?
In the past, at least pre-2016, sitemap plugins used to have a "ping Google" feature and the site would be indexed fully in a few days.
Nowadays, I'm seeing plugins like yoast do not have this feature -- I'm assuming "pinging Google" doesn't work anymore for indexing?
The advice I generally see is to use Google Search Console; however, I don't want to use GSC, mostly because I run multiple websites and don't want them tied together (and separate gmail accounts isn't an ideal solution ((IP address for one)).
Anyway, what option do you have to index a site faster without the use of GSC?
To be honest, my main concern with index speed is now that indexing takes longer, what is to stop automated scrapers from seeing a partially indexed site in google, scraping the remaining content that's not indexed, publishing it
on their pre-existing site, indexing it first, and thereby claiming ownership in the eyes of Google?
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