Is there a we to get Google to index our site quicker?
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I have updated some pages on a website, is there a way to get Google to index the page quicker?
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Fetching as Googlebot and ensuring the page is visible elsewhere on the web (marketing!) are the best ways to spur quicker crawling and indexing, as others have said. If you notice the cache date of the pages not updating and changes not making it into Google's index, it would be time to check for larger issues that might be preventing or dissuading Google from reaching the site more regularly.
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please also be aware you can only do a fetch 10 times a month so make them count! Only do it when you must.
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Google Plus is a great way. There was a study done by Stone Temple Consulting
http://www.stonetemple.com/measuring-google-plus-impact-on-search-rankings/
It concluded that there was no direct impact on ranking, but here was the interesting part. GoogleBot visited a page within 6 minutes of the page being shared on Google Plus.
All of the other points on fetching in GWT, etc are all valid as well, it was just interesting to me how quick GoogleBot reacts to Google Plus.
Cheers!
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I would be sure to share the page on Google plus. Since you can't otherwise control crawl frequency, make sure your site is well-optimized to ensure that googlebot doesn't have problems crawling it. Check the page speed, fix and HTML errors, correct any missing URLs and broken links.
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Fetch as Google works well alternatively you can also post on twitter and it will get crawled from there depending on how popular your account is etc.
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I agree, i would definitely fetch in WMT or you can maybe update your content or post a blog to get them to recrawl.
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This is a little more specific:
You can get there by going to GWT, clicking on your site, then on the left, click on "crawl," then click on "Fetch as google," then enter the url you want indexed and hit "fetch." You then can pick between just "the page" or "the page and all the pages linked to it "to be fetched. That's pretty much up to you, but if you don't use the tool all that often, "you might as well pick the page and the pages linked to it" option.
Sometimes you'll get this weird error message, but that's (most likely) not your fault. I've had it happen every now and then. I just try it again a few times, and it usually works. If not, still, just try it again in a few hours.
hope this helps,
Ruben
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Yes. You can use google fetch in webmaster tools. It's more of a request, than a demand. However, it has worked for me in the past, and google has indexed my pages faster when I used it.
- Ruben
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